#278F91#278F91

#278F91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F91
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 145)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -27.65, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 29.24, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0869 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.091 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7677, 22.1187, 30.2209)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F91 #912927

analogous

#27915E #278F91 #275A91

triadic

#278F91 #91278F #8F9127

tetradic

#278F91 #5E2791 #912927 #5A9127

square

#278F91 #5E2791 #912927 #5A9127

split-complementary

#278F91 #91275A #915E27

monochromatic

#0D3031 #1A5F61 #278F91 #34BFC1 #5FD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#278F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#278F91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F91

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F91	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b1',
    500: '#278f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f91;
$custom-light: #73b0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F91

secondary

#B95C5B

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F5

border

#C8CFCF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F91

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

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