#278F7B#278F7B

#278F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F7B
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 123)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 14%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -34.05, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 34.12, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0973 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.097 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2325, 21.5047, 22.1358)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F7B #8F273B

analogous

#278F47 #278F7B #276F8F

triadic

#278F7B #7B278F #8F7B27

tetradic

#278F7B #47278F #8F273B #6F8F27

square

#278F7B #47278F #8F273B #6F8F27

split-complementary

#278F7B #8F276F #8F4727

monochromatic

#0D2F28 #1A5F52 #278F7B #34BFA4 #5DD3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#278F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#278F7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F7B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F7B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a1',
    500: '#278f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f7b;
$custom-light: #71b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58685,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F7B

secondary

#B85A6C

accent

#4765E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F7B

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

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