#278F85#278F85

#278F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F85
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -31.23, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 31.39, 185.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0925 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.093 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8908, 21.7680, 25.6026)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F85 #8F2731

analogous

#278F51 #278F85 #27658F

triadic

#278F85 #85278F #8F8527

tetradic

#278F85 #51278F #8F2731 #658F27

square

#278F85 #51278F #8F2731 #658F27

split-complementary

#278F85 #8F2765 #8F5127

monochromatic

#0D2F2C #1A5F58 #278F85 #34BFB2 #5DD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#278F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#278F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F85

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F85	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#878785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a8',
    500: '#278f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f85;
$custom-light: #72b0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59009,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F85

secondary

#B85A63

accent

#4756E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F85

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

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