#78BBBD#78BBBD

#78BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.068 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBD
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -20.64, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 22.05, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0646 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.068 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6981, 43.2056, 54.6454)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBD #BD7A78

analogous

#78BD9C #78BBBD #7898BD

triadic

#78BBBD #BD78BB #BBBD78

tetradic

#78BBBD #9C78BD #BD7A78 #98BD78

square

#78BBBD #9C78BD #BD7A78 #98BD78

split-complementary

#78BBBD #BD7898 #BD9C78

monochromatic

#3D7B7D #51A4A6 #78BBBD #A1D0D1 #CAE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#78BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.068 198.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.06804,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBD

secondary

#D6BCBB

accent

#3C38AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBD

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

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