#278F5F#278F5F

#278F5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.119 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F5F
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 95)
HSL	hsl(152, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(152, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 33.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -40.95, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 44.46, 157.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.1112 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.12 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7235, 20.9010, 14.1880)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F5F #8F2757

analogous

#278F2B #278F5F #278B8F

triadic

#278F5F #5F278F #8F5F27

tetradic

#278F5F #2B278F #8F2757 #8B8F27

square

#278F5F #2B278F #8F2757 #8B8F27

split-complementary

#278F5F #8F278B #8F2B27

monochromatic

#0D2F1F #1A5F3F #278F5F #34BF7F #5DD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#278F5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F5F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F5F	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E845C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817A62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.119 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b18c',
    500: '#278f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f5f;
$custom-light: #70b18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5793,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F5F

secondary

#B85A85

accent

#478EE0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F5F

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

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