#78BBBB#78BBBB

#78BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.068 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBB
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -21.13, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 22.18, 197.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0655 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.068 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4825, 43.1193, 53.5099)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBB #BB7878

analogous

#78BB99 #78BBBB #7899BB

triadic

#78BBBB #BB78BB #BBBB78

tetradic

#78BBBB #9978BB #BB7878 #99BB78

square

#78BBBB #9978BB #BB7878 #99BB78

split-complementary

#78BBBB #BB7899 #BB9978

monochromatic

#3E7B7B #52A3A3 #78BBBB #A1D0D0 #C9E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#78BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBB	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)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.068 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfcf',
    500: '#78bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbbb;
$custom-light: #a2cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBB

secondary

#D4BBBB

accent

#3A3AAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBB

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

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