#78B9B2#78B9B2

#78B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.067 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B9B2
RGB	rgb(120, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -22.28, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 22.49, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0668 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.067 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1277, 41.9033, 48.4534)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B9B2 #B9787F

analogous

#78B991 #78B9B2 #78A0B9

triadic

#78B9B2 #B278B9 #B9B278

tetradic

#78B9B2 #9178B9 #B9787F #A0B978

square

#78B9B2 #9178B9 #B9787F #A0B978

split-complementary

#78B9B2 #B978A0 #B99178

monochromatic

#3E7872 #53A198 #78B9B2 #A0CEC9 #C9E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#78B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#78B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B9B2

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B9B2	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.067 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cec9',
    500: '#78b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b9b2;
$custom-light: #a2cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74002,
    "c": 0.0673,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B9B2

secondary

#D3BABD

accent

#606BC8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B9B2

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

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