#78B8A3#78B8A3

#78B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B8A3
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(160, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(160, 35%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -25.20, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 25.55, 170.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.072 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.073 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4947, 40.9166, 40.8814)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B8A3 #B8788D

analogous

#78B883 #78B8A3 #78ADB8

triadic

#78B8A3 #A378B8 #B8A378

tetradic

#78B8A3 #8378B8 #B8788D #ADB878

square

#78B8A3 #8378B8 #B8788D #ADB878

split-complementary

#78B8A3 #B878AD #B88378

monochromatic

#3F7764 #549F86 #78B8A3 #A0CDBE #C8E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#78B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B8A3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B8A3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cdbe',
    500: '#78b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b8a3;
$custom-light: #a1cdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.313,
    "s": 31.068,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B8A3

secondary

#D2B9C2

accent

#6182C7

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B8A3

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

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