#278E9D#278E9D

#278E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.092 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E9D
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, -23.35, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 28.47, 214.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0805 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.092 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5929, 22.2097, 35.3041)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E9D #9D3627

analogous

#279D71 #278E9D #27539D

triadic

#278E9D #9D278E #8E9D27

tetradic

#278E9D #71279D #9D3627 #539D27

square

#278E9D #71279D #9D3627 #539D27

split-complementary

#278E9D #9D2753 #9D7127

monochromatic

#0F353B #1B626C #278E9D #35B9CD #66CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#278E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#278E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E9D

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E9D	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.092 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afba',
    500: '#278e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e9d;
$custom-light: #74afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5965,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E9D

secondary

#BF6D61

accent

#5944E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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