#78BBAF#78BBAF

#78BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.071 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBAF
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -23.99, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 24.00, 181.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0705 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.071 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2511, 42.6268, 47.0248)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBAF #BB7884

analogous

#78BB8E #78BBAF #78A5BB

triadic

#78BBAF #AF78BB #BBAF78

tetradic

#78BBAF #8E78BB #BB7884 #A5BB78

square

#78BBAF #8E78BB #BB7884 #A5BB78

split-complementary

#78BBAF #BB78A5 #BB8E78

monochromatic

#3E7B70 #52A395 #78BBAF #A1D0C7 #C9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#78BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#78BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBAF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBAF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.071 181.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBAF

secondary

#D4BBBF

accent

#3A4EAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBAF

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

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