#78B3BB#78B3BB

#78B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3BB
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -17.02, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 19.82, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0555 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.062 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8323, 39.8191, 52.9599)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3BB #BB8078

analogous

#78BBA1 #78B3BB #7891BB

triadic

#78B3BB #BB78B3 #B3BB78

tetradic

#78B3BB #A178BB #BB8078 #91BB78

square

#78B3BB #A178BB #BB8078 #91BB78

split-complementary

#78B3BB #BB7891 #BBA178

monochromatic

#3E737B #529AA3 #78B3BB #A1CAD0 #C9E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#78B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3BB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3BB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9cf',
    500: '#78b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3bb;
$custom-light: #a2c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.06206,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3BB

secondary

#D4BEBB

accent

#473AAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3BB

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

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