#78A5AA#78A5AA

#78A5AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.049 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A5AA
RGB	rgb(120, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -13.82, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 15.71, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0444 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.049 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4542, 33.8042, 43.0480)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A5AA #AA7D78

analogous

#78AA96 #78A5AA #788CAA

triadic

#78A5AA #AA78A5 #A5AA78

tetradic

#78A5AA #9678AA #AA7D78 #8CAA78

square

#78A5AA #9678AA #AA7D78 #8CAA78

split-complementary

#78A5AA #AA788C #AA9678

monochromatic

#416367 #58878C #78A5AA #9EBEC2 #C3D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#78A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#78A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A5AA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A5AA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.049 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfc3',
    500: '#78a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a5aa;
$custom-light: #a0bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69135,
    "c": 0.04882,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A5AA

secondary

#C9B7B5

accent

#7169BF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F7F7

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A5AA

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

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