#78BBBC#78BBBC

#78BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.068 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBC
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -20.89, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 22.11, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.065 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.068 197)
XYZ	xyz(34.5899, 43.1623, 54.0757)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBC #BC7978

analogous

#78BC9B #78BBBC #7899BC

triadic

#78BBBC #BC78BB #BBBC78

tetradic

#78BBBC #9B78BC #BC7978 #99BC78

square

#78BBBC #9B78BC #BC7978 #99BC78

split-complementary

#78BBBC #BC7899 #BC9B78

monochromatic

#3E7B7C #52A4A5 #78BBBC #A1D0D0 #CAE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#78BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.068 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfd0',
    500: '#78bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbbc;
$custom-light: #a2cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74786,
    "c": 0.06801,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBC

secondary

#D5BBBB

accent

#3B39AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBC

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

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