#78BBAB#78BBAB

#78BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBAB
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -24.90, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 24.94, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0723 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.072 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8641, 42.4720, 44.9864)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBAB #BB7888

analogous

#78BB8A #78BBAB #78A9BB

triadic

#78BBAB #AB78BB #BBAB78

tetradic

#78BBAB #8A78BB #BB7888 #A9BB78

square

#78BBAB #8A78BB #BB7888 #A9BB78

split-complementary

#78BBAB #BB78A9 #BB8A78

monochromatic

#3E7B6C #52A390 #78BBAB #A1D0C4 #C9E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#78BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBAB

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBAB	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfc4',
    500: '#78bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbab;
$custom-light: #a1cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.07235,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBAB

secondary

#D4BBC1

accent

#3A55AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBAB

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

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