#78AA9D#78AA9D

#78AA9D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.057 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AA9D
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -19.45, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 19.50, 175.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0565 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.057 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2042, 35.1754, 37.1952)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AA9D #AA7885

analogous

#78AA84 #78AA9D #789EAA

triadic

#78AA9D #9D78AA #AA9D78

tetradic

#78AA9D #8478AA #AA7885 #9EAA78

square

#78AA9D #8478AA #AA7885 #9EAA78

split-complementary

#78AA9D #AA789E #AA8478

monochromatic

#41675D #588C7F #78AA9D #9EC2B8 #C3D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#78AA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#78AA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AA9D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AA9D	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.057 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3b9',
    500: '#78aa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aa9d;
$custom-light: #a0c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.4,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AA9D

secondary

#C9B5BA

accent

#697FBF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F8F6

border

#CCD1D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AA9D

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

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