#278F86#278F86

#278F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F86
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -30.94, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 31.16, 186.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.092 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.093 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9602, 21.7957, 25.9682)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F86 #8F2730

analogous

#278F52 #278F86 #27648F

triadic

#278F86 #86278F #8F8627

tetradic

#278F86 #52278F #8F2730 #648F27

square

#278F86 #52278F #8F2730 #648F27

split-complementary

#278F86 #8F2764 #8F5227

monochromatic

#0D2F2C #1A5F59 #278F86 #34BFB3 #5DD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#278F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#278F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F86

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F86	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a9',
    500: '#278f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f86;
$custom-light: #72b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.808,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59043,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F86

secondary

#B85A62

accent

#4755E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F86

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

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