#78B2BB#78B2BB

#78B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2BB
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -16.50, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 19.60, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0542 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.061 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6327, 39.4197, 52.8933)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2BB #BB8178

analogous

#78BBA3 #78B2BB #7890BB

triadic

#78B2BB #BB78B2 #B2BB78

tetradic

#78B2BB #A378BB #BB8178 #90BB78

square

#78B2BB #A378BB #BB8178 #90BB78

split-complementary

#78B2BB #BB7890 #BBA378

monochromatic

#3E737B #5299A3 #78B2BB #A1C9D0 #C9E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#78B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2BB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2BB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9cf',
    500: '#78b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2bb;
$custom-light: #a2c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.06147,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2BB

secondary

#D4BEBB

accent

#493AAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2BB

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

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