#278F77#278F77

#278F77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.100 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F77
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 119)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 16.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -35.12, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 35.39, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0993 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.1 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9872, 21.4065, 20.8439)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#278F77 #8F273F

analogous

#278F43 #278F77 #27738F

triadic

#278F77 #77278F #8F7727

tetradic

#278F77 #43278F #8F273F #738F27

square

#278F77 #43278F #8F273F #738F27

split-complementary

#278F77 #8F2773 #8F4327

monochromatic

#0D2F27 #1A5F4F #278F77 #34BF9F #5DD3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278F77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#278F77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F77

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F77	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)

#8A8676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.100 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09e',
    500: '#278f77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f77;
$custom-light: #71b09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F77

secondary

#B85A6F

accent

#476BE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F77

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

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