#278F76#278F76

#278F76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F76
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 118)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -35.39, 4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 35.73, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0998 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.101 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9275, 21.3826, 20.5293)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F76 #8F2740

analogous

#278F42 #278F76 #27748F

triadic

#278F76 #76278F #8F7627

tetradic

#278F76 #42278F #8F2740 #748F27

square

#278F76 #42278F #8F2740 #748F27

split-complementary

#278F76 #8F2774 #8F4227

monochromatic

#0D2F27 #1A5F4E #278F76 #34BF9E #5DD3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#278F76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F76

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F76	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09d',
    500: '#278f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f76;
$custom-light: #71b09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.577,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58534,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F76

secondary

#B85A70

accent

#476CE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F76

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

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