#78BBBE#78BBBE

#78BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.068 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBE
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -20.40, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 22.00, 202.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0642 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.068 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8070, 43.2491, 55.2190)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBE #BE7B78

analogous

#78BE9E #78BBBE #7898BE

triadic

#78BBBE #BE78BB #BBBE78

tetradic

#78BBBE #9E78BE #BE7B78 #98BE78

square

#78BBBE #9E78BE #BE7B78 #98BE78

split-complementary

#78BBBE #BE7898 #BE9E78

monochromatic

#3D7C7F #51A4A8 #78BBBE #A1D0D2 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#78BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.068 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfd1',
    500: '#78bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbbe;
$custom-light: #a2cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBE

secondary

#D6BDBC

accent

#3D38AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBE

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

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