#278F9A#278F9A

#278F9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.092 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F9A
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -24.83, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 28.62, 209.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0828 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.092 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4893, 22.4074, 34.0216)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F9A #9A3227

analogous

#279A6B #278F9A #27569A

triadic

#278F9A #9A278F #8F9A27

tetradic

#278F9A #6B279A #9A3227 #569A27

square

#278F9A #6B279A #9A3227 #569A27

split-complementary

#278F9A #9A2756 #9A6B27

monochromatic

#0E3438 #1B6269 #278F9A #33BCCB #64CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#278F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#278F9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F9A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F9A	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.092 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0b7',
    500: '#278f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f9a;
$custom-light: #74b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59783,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F9A

secondary

#BD685F

accent

#5445E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F9A

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

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