#278F80#278F80

#278F80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F80
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 128)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -32.66, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 32.66, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0949 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.095 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5536, 21.6331, 23.8265)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F80 #8F2736

analogous

#278F4C #278F80 #276A8F

triadic

#278F80 #80278F #8F8027

tetradic

#278F80 #4C278F #8F2736 #6A8F27

square

#278F80 #4C278F #8F2736 #6A8F27

split-complementary

#278F80 #8F276A #8F4C27

monochromatic

#0D2F2A #1A5F55 #278F80 #34BFAB #5DD3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#278F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#278F80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F80

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F80	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a4',
    500: '#278f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f80;
$custom-light: #72b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58844,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F80

secondary

#B85A67

accent

#475DE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F80

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

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