#78BBAC#78BBAC

#78BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.072 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBAC
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -24.68, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 24.69, 177.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0718 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.072 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9597, 42.5102, 45.4903)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBAC #BB7887

analogous

#78BB8A #78BBAC #78A9BB

triadic

#78BBAC #AC78BB #BBAC78

tetradic

#78BBAC #8A78BB #BB7887 #A9BB78

square

#78BBAC #8A78BB #BB7887 #A9BB78

split-complementary

#78BBAC #BB78A9 #BB8A78

monochromatic

#3E7B6D #52A391 #78BBAC #A1D0C5 #C9E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#78BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBAC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBAC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.072 178.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.07188,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBAC

secondary

#D4BBC0

accent

#3A53AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBAC

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

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