#78A99E#78A99E

#78A99E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.055 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A99E
RGB	rgb(120, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -18.71, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 18.72, 178.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0548 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.055 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1032, 34.8362, 37.5844)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A99E #A97883

analogous

#78A986 #78A99E #789CA9

triadic

#78A99E #9E78A9 #A99E78

tetradic

#78A99E #8678A9 #A97883 #9CA978

square

#78A99E #8678A9 #A97883 #9CA978

split-complementary

#78A99E #A9789C #A98678

monochromatic

#41665D #598B80 #78A99E #9DC1B9 #C3D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#78A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#78A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A99E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A99E	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.055 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2ba',
    500: '#78a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a99e;
$custom-light: #a0c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.531,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69671,
    "c": 0.05477,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A99E

secondary

#C8B4B9

accent

#697CBF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A99E

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