#278F7F#278F7F

#278F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F7F
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -32.94, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 32.94, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0954 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.095 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4881, 21.6069, 23.4815)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F7F #8F2737

analogous

#278F4B #278F7F #276B8F

triadic

#278F7F #7F278F #8F7F27

tetradic

#278F7F #4B278F #8F2737 #6B8F27

square

#278F7F #4B278F #8F2737 #6B8F27

split-complementary

#278F7F #8F276B #8F4B27

monochromatic

#0D2F2A #1A5F54 #278F7F #34BFAA #5DD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#278F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#278F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F7F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F7F	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)

#89867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a4',
    500: '#278f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f7f;
$custom-light: #71b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58812,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F7F

secondary

#B85A68

accent

#475FE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F7F

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

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