#78BB9D#78BB9D

#78BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BB9D
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(153, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(153, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -27.96, 8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 29.23, 163.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0785 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.081 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5996, 41.9662, 38.3270)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BB9D #BB7896

analogous

#78BB7B #78BB9D #78B8BB

triadic

#78BB9D #9D78BB #BB9D78

tetradic

#78BB9D #7B78BB #BB7896 #B8BB78

square

#78BB9D #7B78BB #BB7896 #B8BB78

split-complementary

#78BB9D #BB78B8 #BB7B78

monochromatic

#3E7B5F #52A37F #78BB9D #A1D0BB #C9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#78BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#78BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BB9D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BB9D	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)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfba',
    500: '#78bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bb9d;
$custom-light: #a1cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.134,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73859,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BB9D

secondary

#D4BBC6

accent

#3A6DAC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BB9D

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

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