#78B5BA#78B5BA

#78B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.063 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B5BA
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -18.31, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 20.31, 205.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0584 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.063 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1294, 40.5839, 52.5326)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B5BA #BA7D78

analogous

#78BA9E #78B5BA #7894BA

triadic

#78B5BA #BA78B5 #B5BA78

tetradic

#78B5BA #9E78BA #BA7D78 #94BA78

square

#78B5BA #9E78BA #BA7D78 #94BA78

split-complementary

#78B5BA #BA7894 #BA9E78

monochromatic

#3E757A #539CA2 #78B5BA #A0CBCF #C9E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#78B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#78B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5BA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B5BA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.063 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbce',
    500: '#78b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b5ba;
$custom-light: #a2cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 32.353,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.06317,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B5BA

secondary

#D4BCBA

accent

#675FC9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B5BA

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

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