#78B8BD#78B8BD

#78B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.066 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B8BD
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -19.11, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 21.13, 205.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0609 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.066 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0683, 41.9460, 54.4354)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B8BD #BD7D78

analogous

#78BD9F #78B8BD #7895BD

triadic

#78B8BD #BD78B8 #B8BD78

tetradic

#78B8BD #9F78BD #BD7D78 #95BD78

square

#78B8BD #9F78BD #BD7D78 #95BD78

split-complementary

#78B8BD #BD7895 #BD9F78

monochromatic

#3D797D #51A0A6 #78B8BD #A1CED1 #CAE3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#78B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#78B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B8BD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B8BD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.066 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdd0',
    500: '#78b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b8bd;
$custom-light: #a2cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74131,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B8BD

secondary

#D6BDBB

accent

#4138AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B8BD

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

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