#78B6BC#78B6BC

#78B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.064 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B6BC
RGB	rgb(120, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -18.33, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 20.58, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0588 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.064 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5476, 41.0777, 53.7282)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B6BC #BC7E78

analogous

#78BCA0 #78B6BC #7894BC

triadic

#78B6BC #BC78B6 #B6BC78

tetradic

#78B6BC #A078BC #BC7E78 #94BC78

square

#78B6BC #A078BC #BC7E78 #94BC78

split-complementary

#78B6BC #BC7894 #BCA078

monochromatic

#3E777C #529EA5 #78B6BC #A1CCD0 #CAE2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#78B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B6BC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B6BC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.064 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ccd0',
    500: '#78b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b6bc;
$custom-light: #a2ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.0642,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B6BC

secondary

#D5BDBB

accent

#4339AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B6BC

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

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