#278F83#278F83

#278F83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.094 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F83
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -31.81, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 31.87, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0934 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.094 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7539, 21.7132, 24.8818)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F83 #8F2733

analogous

#278F4F #278F83 #27678F

triadic

#278F83 #83278F #8F8327

tetradic

#278F83 #4F278F #8F2733 #678F27

square

#278F83 #4F278F #8F2733 #678F27

split-complementary

#278F83 #8F2767 #8F4F27

monochromatic

#0D2F2B #1A5F57 #278F83 #34BFAF #5DD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#278F83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#278F83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F83

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F83	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)

#888783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.094 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a7',
    500: '#278f83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f83;
$custom-light: #72b0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58942,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F83

secondary

#B85A65

accent

#4759E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F83

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

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