#278F84#278F84

#278F84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F84
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 132)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -31.52, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 31.63, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0929 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.093 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8220, 21.7405, 25.2405)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F84 #8F2732

analogous

#278F50 #278F84 #27668F

triadic

#278F84 #84278F #8F8427

tetradic

#278F84 #50278F #8F2732 #668F27

square

#278F84 #50278F #8F2732 #668F27

split-complementary

#278F84 #8F2766 #8F5027

monochromatic

#0D2F2B #1A5F58 #278F84 #34BFB0 #5DD3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#278F84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#278F84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F84

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F84	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a7',
    500: '#278f84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f84;
$custom-light: #72b0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58976,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F84

secondary

#B85A64

accent

#4758E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F84

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

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