#278EA2#278EA2

#278EA2 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278EA2
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -21.72, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 28.78, 221.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0784 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.094 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0285, 22.3839, 37.5985)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278EA2 #A23B27

analogous

#27A279 #278EA2 #2751A2

triadic

#278EA2 #A2278E #8EA227

tetradic

#278EA2 #7927A2 #A23B27 #51A227

square

#278EA2 #7927A2 #A23B27 #51A227

split-complementary

#278EA2 #A22751 #A27927

monochromatic

#0F383F #1B6371 #278EA2 #37B6CF #69C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#278EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#278EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278EA2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278EA2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afbd',
    500: '#278ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278ea2;
$custom-light: #75afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59859,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278EA2

secondary

#C17364

accent

#5E43E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #278EA2

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

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