#78BBC8#78BBC8

#78BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.070 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBC8
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -17.88, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 22.26, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0602 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.07 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9376, 43.7014, 61.1739)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBC8 #C88578

analogous

#78C8AD #78BBC8 #7893C8

triadic

#78BBC8 #C878BB #BBC878

tetradic

#78BBC8 #AD78C8 #C88578 #93C878

square

#78BBC8 #AD78C8 #C88578 #93C878

split-complementary

#78BBC8 #C87893 #C8AD78

monochromatic

#397F8C #4DA5B6 #78BBC8 #A3D1DA #CFE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#78BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBC8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBC8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.070 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfd8',
    500: '#78bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbc8;
$custom-light: #a3cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBC8

secondary

#DCC4BF

accent

#4630B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBC8

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

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