#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
RGBrgb(120, 169, 157)
HSLhsl(165, 22%, 57%)
HSVhsv(165, 29%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.59, -18.94, 0.95)
CIE-LCHlch(65.59, 18.96, 177.14°)
OKLaboklab(69.64% -0.0552 0.0022)
OKLCHoklch(69.64% 0.055 177.7)
XYZxyz(28.0175, 34.8020, 37.1329)
Luminance0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##78A99D1.002.647.967.96
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9621.001.001.00
##0000007.9621.001.001.00

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

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#78A99D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva