#278F74#278F74

#278F74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.102 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F74
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 116)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 18.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -35.91, 5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 36.41, 170.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.1008 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.102 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8099, 21.3356, 19.9100)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F74 #8F2742

analogous

#278F40 #278F74 #27768F

triadic

#278F74 #74278F #8F7427

tetradic

#278F74 #40278F #8F2742 #768F27

square

#278F74 #40278F #8F2742 #768F27

split-complementary

#278F74 #8F2776 #8F4027

monochromatic

#0D2F26 #1A5F4D #278F74 #34BF9B #5DD3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#278F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F74

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F74	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.102 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09c',
    500: '#278f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f74;
$custom-light: #71b09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.423,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58476,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F74

secondary

#B85A72

accent

#476FE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F74

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

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