#78BBBA#78BBBA

#78BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.068 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBA
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -21.38, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 22.27, 196.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0659 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.068 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3758, 43.0767, 52.9481)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBA #BB7879

analogous

#78BB98 #78BBBA #789BBB

triadic

#78BBBA #BA78BB #BBBA78

tetradic

#78BBBA #9878BB #BB7879 #9BBB78

square

#78BBBA #9878BB #BB7879 #9BBB78

split-complementary

#78BBBA #BB789B #BB9878

monochromatic

#3E7B7A #52A3A2 #78BBBA #A1D0CF #C9E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#78BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBA	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.068 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfce',
    500: '#78bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbba;
$custom-light: #a2cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7472,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBA

secondary

#D4BBBB

accent

#3A3BAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBA

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

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