#278F9F#278F9F

#278F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278F9F
RGB	rgb(39, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -23.22, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 28.69, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0807 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.093 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9145, 22.5774, 36.2606)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278F9F #9F3727

analogous

#279F73 #278F9F #27539F

triadic

#278F9F #9F278F #8F9F27

tetradic

#278F9F #73279F #9F3727 #539F27

square

#278F9F #73279F #9F3727 #539F27

split-complementary

#278F9F #9F2753 #9F7327

monochromatic

#0F373D #1B636E #278F9F #36B9CE #67CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#278F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#278F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278F9F

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278F9F	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0bb',
    500: '#278f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278f9f;
$custom-light: #75b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59985,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278F9F

secondary

#C06F62

accent

#5944E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278F9F

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

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