#78B4BB#78B4BB

#78B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.063 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4BB
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -17.54, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 20.05, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0567 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.063 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0335, 40.2214, 53.0269)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4BB #BB7F78

analogous

#78BBA1 #78B4BB #7892BB

triadic

#78B4BB #BB78B4 #B4BB78

tetradic

#78B4BB #A178BB #BB7F78 #92BB78

square

#78B4BB #A178BB #BB7F78 #92BB78

split-complementary

#78B4BB #BB7892 #BBA178

monochromatic

#3E747B #529BA3 #78B4BB #A1CBD0 #C9E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#78B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4BB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4BB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.063 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cacf',
    500: '#78b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4bb;
$custom-light: #a2cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4BB

secondary

#D4BDBB

accent

#463AAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4BB

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

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