#278E9E#278E9E

#278E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E9E
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -23.03, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 28.50, 216.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0801 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.093 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6786, 22.2440, 35.7556)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E9E #9E3727

analogous

#279E72 #278E9E #27529E

triadic

#278E9E #9E278E #8E9E27

tetradic

#278E9E #72279E #9E3727 #529E27

square

#278E9E #72279E #9E3727 #529E27

split-complementary

#278E9E #9E2752 #9E7227

monochromatic

#0F363C #1B626D #278E9E #35B9CD #66CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#278E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#278E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E9E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E9E	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afba',
    500: '#278e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e9e;
$custom-light: #74afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59691,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E9E

secondary

#BF6E62

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E9E

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

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