#278F75#278F75

#278F75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F75
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 117)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 18.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -35.65, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 36.07, 171.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.1003 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.101 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8684, 21.3590, 20.2180)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F75 #8F2741

analogous

#278F41 #278F75 #27758F

triadic

#278F75 #75278F #8F7527

tetradic

#278F75 #41278F #8F2741 #758F27

square

#278F75 #41278F #8F2741 #758F27

split-complementary

#278F75 #8F2775 #8F4127

monochromatic

#0D2F26 #1A5F4E #278F75 #34BF9C #5DD3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#278F75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F75

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F75	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#8A8574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09c',
    500: '#278f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f75;
$custom-light: #71b09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58505,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F75

secondary

#B85A71

accent

#476EE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F75

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

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