#278F8D#278F8D

#278F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F8D
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -28.87, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 29.80, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0887 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.091 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4647, 21.9975, 28.6250)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F8D #8F2729

analogous

#278F59 #278F8D #275D8F

triadic

#278F8D #8D278F #8F8D27

tetradic

#278F8D #59278F #8F2729 #5D8F27

square

#278F8D #59278F #8F2729 #5D8F27

split-complementary

#278F8D #8F275D #8F5927

monochromatic

#0D2F2E #1A5F5E #278F8D #34BFBC #5DD3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#278F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#278F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ae',
    500: '#278f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f8d;
$custom-light: #73b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59289,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F8D

secondary

#B85A5B

accent

#474AE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F8D

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

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