#78BC9D#78BC9D

#78BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.083 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BC9D
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(153, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(153, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -28.45, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 29.82, 162.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0797 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.083 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8125, 42.3920, 38.3979)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BC9D #BC7897

analogous

#78BC7B #78BC9D #78B9BC

triadic

#78BC9D #9D78BC #BC9D78

tetradic

#78BC9D #7B78BC #BC7897 #B9BC78

square

#78BC9D #7B78BC #BC7897 #B9BC78

split-complementary

#78BC9D #BC78B9 #BC7B78

monochromatic

#3E7C60 #52A57F #78BC9D #A1D0BB #CAE5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#78BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BC9D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BC9D	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.083 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ba',
    500: '#78bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bc9d;
$custom-light: #a1d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.647,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BC9D

secondary

#D5BBC7

accent

#396EAC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BC9D

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

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