#278F89#278F89

#278F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F89
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -30.06, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 30.52, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0906 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.092 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1724, 21.8806, 27.0858)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F89 #8F272D

analogous

#278F55 #278F89 #27618F

triadic

#278F89 #89278F #8F8927

tetradic

#278F89 #55278F #8F272D #618F27

square

#278F89 #55278F #8F272D #618F27

split-complementary

#278F89 #8F2761 #8F5527

monochromatic

#0D2F2D #1A5F5B #278F89 #34BFB7 #5DD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#278F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#278F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F89

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F89	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0ab',
    500: '#278f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f89;
$custom-light: #72b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59147,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F89

secondary

#B85A5F

accent

#4750E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F89

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

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