#278F7E#278F7E

#278F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F7E
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 126)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -33.22, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 33.22, 178.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0958 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.096 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4232, 21.5809, 23.1400)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F7E #8F2738

analogous

#278F4A #278F7E #276C8F

triadic

#278F7E #7E278F #8F7E27

tetradic

#278F7E #4A278F #8F2738 #6C8F27

square

#278F7E #4A278F #8F2738 #6C8F27

split-complementary

#278F7E #8F276C #8F4A27

monochromatic

#0D2F29 #1A5F54 #278F7E #34BFA8 #5DD3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#278F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#278F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F7E

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F7E	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a3',
    500: '#278f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f7e;
$custom-light: #71b0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.192,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5878,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F7E

secondary

#B85A69

accent

#4760E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F7E

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

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