#78B2BC#78B2BC

#78B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.062 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2BC
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -16.25, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 19.67, 214.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0538 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.062 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7401, 39.4627, 53.4591)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2BC #BC8278

analogous

#78BCA4 #78B2BC #7890BC

triadic

#78B2BC #BC78B2 #B2BC78

tetradic

#78B2BC #A478BC #BC8278 #90BC78

square

#78B2BC #A478BC #BC8278 #90BC78

split-complementary

#78B2BC #BC7890 #BCA478

monochromatic

#3E737C #5299A5 #78B2BC #A1C9D0 #CAE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#78B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2BC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2BC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.062 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d0',
    500: '#78b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2bc;
$custom-light: #a2c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.06179,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2BC

secondary

#D5BFBB

accent

#4A39AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2BC

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

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