#78A2A9#78A2A9

#78A2A9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.047 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2A9
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -12.46, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 14.94, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0408 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.047 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8252, 32.6970, 42.3734)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2A9 #A97F78

analogous

#78A998 #78A2A9 #788AA9

triadic

#78A2A9 #A978A2 #A2A978

tetradic

#78A2A9 #9878A9 #A97F78 #8AA978

square

#78A2A9 #9878A9 #A97F78 #8AA978

split-complementary

#78A2A9 #A9788A #A99878

monochromatic

#416066 #59848B #78A2A9 #9DBCC1 #C3D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#78A2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#78A2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2A9

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2A9	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.047 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bdc2',
    500: '#78a2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2a9;
$custom-light: #a0bdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68415,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2A9

secondary

#C8B7B4

accent

#7569BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2A9

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

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