#78A79E#78A79E

#78A79E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.052 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A79E
RGB	rgb(120, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 21%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 28%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -17.68, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 17.68, 181.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0521 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.052 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7340, 34.0978, 37.4613)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A79E #A77881

analogous

#78A787 #78A79E #7899A7

triadic

#78A79E #9E78A7 #A79E78

tetradic

#78A79E #8778A7 #A77881 #99A778

square

#78A79E #8778A7 #A77881 #99A778

split-complementary

#78A79E #A77899 #A78778

monochromatic

#41645D #598980 #78A79E #9DBFB9 #C2D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#78A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#78A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A79E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A79E	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.052 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c1ba',
    500: '#78a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a79e;
$custom-light: #a0c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 21.076,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.05212,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A79E

secondary

#C7B4B7

accent

#6A7ABE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A79E

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

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