#278F7D#278F7D

#278F7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F7D
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 125)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -33.50, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 33.52, 178.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0963 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.096 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3590, 21.5552, 22.8019)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F7D #8F2739

analogous

#278F49 #278F7D #276D8F

triadic

#278F7D #7D278F #8F7D27

tetradic

#278F7D #49278F #8F2739 #6D8F27

square

#278F7D #49278F #8F2739 #6D8F27

split-complementary

#278F7D #8F276D #8F4927

monochromatic

#0D2F29 #1A5F53 #278F7D #34BFA7 #5DD3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#278F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#278F7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F7D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F7D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a2',
    500: '#278f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f7d;
$custom-light: #71b0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58748,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F7D

secondary

#B85A6A

accent

#4762E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F7D

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

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