#278F79#278F79

#278F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F79
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -34.59, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 34.75, 174.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0983 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.099 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1086, 21.4551, 21.4831)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F79 #8F273D

analogous

#278F45 #278F79 #27718F

triadic

#278F79 #79278F #8F7927

tetradic

#278F79 #45278F #8F273D #718F27

square

#278F79 #45278F #8F273D #718F27

split-complementary

#278F79 #8F2771 #8F4527

monochromatic

#0D2F28 #1A5F50 #278F79 #34BFA2 #5DD3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#278F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F79

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F79	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)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09f',
    500: '#278f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f79;
$custom-light: #71b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.308,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58624,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F79

secondary

#B85A6E

accent

#4768E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F79

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

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