#78B3BE#78B3BE

#78B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.063 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3BE
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -16.27, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 20.02, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0543 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.063 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1569, 39.9489, 54.6690)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3BE #BE8378

analogous

#78BEA6 #78B3BE #7890BE

triadic

#78B3BE #BE78B3 #B3BE78

tetradic

#78B3BE #A678BE #BE8378 #90BE78

square

#78B3BE #A678BE #BE8378 #90BE78

split-complementary

#78B3BE #BE7890 #BEA678

monochromatic

#3D747F #519AA8 #78B3BE #A1CAD2 #CBE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#78B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3BE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3BE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.063 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d1',
    500: '#78b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3be;
$custom-light: #a2c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3BE

secondary

#D6C0BC

accent

#4A38AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3BE

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

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