#78BBAE#78BBAE

#78BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.071 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBAE
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -24.22, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 24.22, 180.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.071 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.071 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1533, 42.5876, 46.5095)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBAE #BB7885

analogous

#78BB8C #78BBAE #78A7BB

triadic

#78BBAE #AE78BB #BBAE78

tetradic

#78BBAE #8C78BB #BB7885 #A7BB78

square

#78BBAE #8C78BB #BB7885 #A7BB78

split-complementary

#78BBAE #BB78A7 #BB8C78

monochromatic

#3E7B6F #52A394 #78BBAE #A1D0C6 #C9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#78BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBAE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBAE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.071 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfc6',
    500: '#78bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbae;
$custom-light: #a2cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.358,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBAE

secondary

#D4BBC0

accent

#3A50AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBAE

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

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