#78B1B2#78B1B2

#78B1B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.059 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B1B2
RGB	rgb(120, 177, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 33%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -18.19, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 19.30, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0566 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.059 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5010, 38.6499, 47.9111)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B1B2 #B27978

analogous

#78B296 #78B1B2 #7894B2

triadic

#78B1B2 #B278B1 #B1B278

tetradic

#78B1B2 #9678B2 #B27978 #94B278

square

#78B1B2 #9678B2 #B27978 #94B278

split-complementary

#78B1B2 #B27894 #B29678

monochromatic

#406F70 #569697 #78B1B2 #9FC8C8 #C6DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78B1B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#78B1B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B1B2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B1B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B1B2	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b1b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 177, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.059 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8c9',
    500: '#78b1b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b1b2;
$custom-light: #a1c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b1b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 27.358,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.05934,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B1B2

secondary

#CEB8B7

accent

#6664C4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B1B2

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

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