#78BBBF#78BBBF

#78BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.068 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBBF
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -20.15, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 21.97, 203.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0638 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.068 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9166, 43.2930, 55.7966)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBBF #BF7C78

analogous

#78BF9F #78BBBF #7897BF

triadic

#78BBBF #BF78BB #BBBF78

tetradic

#78BBBF #9F78BF #BF7C78 #97BF78

square

#78BBBF #9F78BF #BF7C78 #97BF78

split-complementary

#78BBBF #BF7897 #BF9F78

monochromatic

#3D7C80 #50A4A9 #78BBBF #A2D0D3 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#78BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#78BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBBF

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBBF	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.068 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cfd2',
    500: '#78bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbbf;
$custom-light: #a2cfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.38,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.06817,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBBF

secondary

#D7BEBC

accent

#3E37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBBF

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

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