#78AAA0#78AAA0

#78AAA0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.055 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78AAA0
RGBrgb(120, 170, 160)
HSLhsl(168, 23%, 57%)
HSVhsv(168, 29%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(29.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.97, -18.78, -0.18)
CIE-LCHlch(65.97, 18.78, 180.55°)
OKLaboklab(69.96% -0.0552 -0.0008)
OKLCHoklch(69.96% 0.055 180.8)
XYZxyz(28.4635, 35.2792, 38.5607)
Luminance0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78AAA0 #AA7882
analogous
#78AA87 #78AAA0 #789BAA
triadic
#78AAA0 #A078AA #AAA078
tetradic
#78AAA0 #8778AA #AA7882 #9BAA78
square
#78AAA0 #8778AA #AA7882 #9BAA78
split-complementary
#78AAA0 #AA789B #AA8778
monochromatic
#41675F #588C82 #78AAA0 #9EC2BA #C3D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#78AAA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06
#78AAA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAA0
8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78AAA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78AAA01.002.618.068.06
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0621.001.001.00
##0000008.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6A4A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D9EA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#69ACA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.055 180.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3bc',
    500: '#78aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78aaa0;
$custom-light: #a0c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69964,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78AAA0
secondary
#C9B5B9
accent
#697ABF
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F2F8F6
border
#CCD1D0
text
#0F1212
muted
#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAA0

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#78AAA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva