#278F87#278F87

#278F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F87
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -30.65, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 30.94, 187.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0915 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.092 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0303, 21.8238, 26.3372)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F87 #8F272F

analogous

#278F53 #278F87 #27638F

triadic

#278F87 #87278F #8F8727

tetradic

#278F87 #53278F #8F272F #638F27

square

#278F87 #53278F #8F272F #638F27

split-complementary

#278F87 #8F2763 #8F5327

monochromatic

#0D2F2C #1A5F5A #278F87 #34BFB4 #5DD3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#278F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#278F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F87

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F87	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a9',
    500: '#278f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f87;
$custom-light: #72b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59078,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F87

secondary

#B85A61

accent

#4753E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F87

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

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