#278F8F#278F8F

#278F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F8F
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -28.26, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 29.50, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0878 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.6148, 22.0576, 29.4159)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F8F #8F2727

analogous

#278F5B #278F8F #275B8F

triadic

#278F8F #8F278F #8F8F27

tetradic

#278F8F #5B278F #8F2727 #5B8F27

square

#278F8F #5B278F #8F2727 #5B8F27

split-complementary

#278F8F #8F275B #8F5B27

monochromatic

#0D2F2F #1A5F5F #278F8F #34BFBF #5DD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#278F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#278F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F8F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F8F	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0af',
    500: '#278f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f8f;
$custom-light: #73b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59362,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.22059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F8F

secondary

#B85A5A

accent

#4747E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F8F

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

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