#78BBAD#78BBAD

#78BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.071 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBAD
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -24.45, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 24.45, 179.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0714 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.071 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0561, 42.5488, 45.9980)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBAD #BB7886

analogous

#78BB8C #78BBAD #78A7BB

triadic

#78BBAD #AD78BB #BBAD78

tetradic

#78BBAD #8C78BB #BB7886 #A7BB78

square

#78BBAD #8C78BB #BB7886 #A7BB78

split-complementary

#78BBAD #BB78A7 #BB8C78

monochromatic

#3E7B6E #52A393 #78BBAD #A1D0C6 #C9E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#78BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBAD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBAD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.071 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfc5',
    500: '#78bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbad;
$custom-light: #a1cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBAD

secondary

#D4BBC0

accent

#3A52AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBAD

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

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