#78B59E#78B59E

#78B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B59E
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(157, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -24.80, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 25.40, 167.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0704 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.072 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4390, 39.5077, 38.3630)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B59E #B5788F

analogous

#78B580 #78B59E #78AEB5

triadic

#78B59E #9E78B5 #B59E78

tetradic

#78B59E #8078B5 #B5788F #AEB578

square

#78B59E #8078B5 #B5788F #AEB578

split-complementary

#78B59E #B578AE #B58078

monochromatic

#3F7360 #559B81 #78B59E #A0CBBA #C7E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B59E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B59E	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbba',
    500: '#78b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b59e;
$custom-light: #a1cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.377,
    "s": 29.187,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B59E

secondary

#D0B8C1

accent

#6288C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B59E

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

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