#278F78#278F78

#278F78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F78
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 120)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -34.86, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 35.07, 173.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0988 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.099 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0476, 21.4307, 21.1618)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F78 #8F273E

analogous

#278F44 #278F78 #27728F

triadic

#278F78 #78278F #8F7827

tetradic

#278F78 #44278F #8F273E #728F27

square

#278F78 #44278F #8F273E #728F27

split-complementary

#278F78 #8F2772 #8F4427

monochromatic

#0D2F27 #1A5F50 #278F78 #34BFA0 #5DD3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#278F78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F78

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F78	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09e',
    500: '#278f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f78;
$custom-light: #71b09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.731,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58594,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F78

secondary

#B85A6F

accent

#4769E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F78

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

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