#278F82#278F82

#278F82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.094 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F82
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -32.09, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 32.13, 182.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0939 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.094 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6865, 21.6862, 24.5266)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F82 #8F2734

analogous

#278F4E #278F82 #27688F

triadic

#278F82 #82278F #8F8227

tetradic

#278F82 #4E278F #8F2734 #688F27

square

#278F82 #4E278F #8F2734 #688F27

split-complementary

#278F82 #8F2768 #8F4E27

monochromatic

#0D2F2B #1A5F56 #278F82 #34BFAE #5DD3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#278F82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#278F82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F82

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F82	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.094 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a6',
    500: '#278f82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f82;
$custom-light: #72b0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58909,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F82

secondary

#B85A65

accent

#475BE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F82

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

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