#78A2A8#78A2A8

#78A2A8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.046 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2A8
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 22%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -12.70, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 14.86, 211.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0412 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.046 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7317, 32.6595, 41.8809)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2A8 #A87E78

analogous

#78A896 #78A2A8 #788AA8

triadic

#78A2A8 #A878A2 #A2A878

tetradic

#78A2A8 #9678A8 #A87E78 #8AA878

square

#78A2A8 #9678A8 #A87E78 #8AA878

split-complementary

#78A2A8 #A8788A #A89678

monochromatic

#416065 #59848A #78A2A8 #9DBCC0 #C2D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#78A2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#78A2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2A8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2A8	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.046 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bdc1',
    500: '#78a2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2a8;
$custom-light: #a0bdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 21.622,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68381,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2A8

secondary

#C8B7B4

accent

#746ABE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2A8

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

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