#278F72#278F72

#278F72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.103 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F72
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 114)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 20.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -36.43, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 37.11, 169.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.1018 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.103 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6948, 21.2896, 19.3039)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F72 #8F2744

analogous

#278F3E #278F72 #27788F

triadic

#278F72 #72278F #8F7227

tetradic

#278F72 #3E278F #8F2744 #788F27

square

#278F72 #3E278F #8F2744 #788F27

split-complementary

#278F72 #8F2778 #8F3E27

monochromatic

#0D2F25 #1A5F4C #278F72 #34BF98 #5DD3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#278F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F72

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F72	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.103 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09a',
    500: '#278f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f72;
$custom-light: #71b09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.269,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F72

secondary

#B85A74

accent

#4772E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F72

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

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