#278F81#278F81

#278F81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.094 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F81
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -32.38, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 32.39, 181.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0944 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.094 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6197, 21.6595, 24.1748)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F81 #8F2735

analogous

#278F4D #278F81 #27698F

triadic

#278F81 #81278F #8F8127

tetradic

#278F81 #4D278F #8F2735 #698F27

square

#278F81 #4D278F #8F2735 #698F27

split-complementary

#278F81 #8F2769 #8F4D27

monochromatic

#0D2F2A #1A5F56 #278F81 #34BFAC #5DD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#278F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#278F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F81

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F81	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)

#888680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.094 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a5',
    500: '#278f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f81;
$custom-light: #72b0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F81

secondary

#B85A66

accent

#475CE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F81

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

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