#78A99D#78A99D

#78A99D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.055 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A99D
RGB	rgb(120, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -18.94, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 18.96, 177.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0552 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.055 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0175, 34.8020, 37.1329)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A99D #A97884

analogous

#78A985 #78A99D #789DA9

triadic

#78A99D #9D78A9 #A99D78

tetradic

#78A99D #8578A9 #A97884 #9DA978

square

#78A99D #8578A9 #A97884 #9DA978

split-complementary

#78A99D #A9789D #A98578

monochromatic

#41665D #598B7F #78A99D #9DC1B8 #C3D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#78A99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#78A99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A99D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A99D	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.055 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2b9',
    500: '#78a99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a99d;
$custom-light: #a0c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.05523,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A99D

secondary

#C8B4B9

accent

#697EBF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A99D

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

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