#78BCA2#78BCA2

#78BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCA2
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(157, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -27.39, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 28.12, 166.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0775 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.079 168)
XYZ	xyz(32.2481, 42.5662, 40.6923)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCA2 #BC7892

analogous

#78BC80 #78BCA2 #78B4BC

triadic

#78BCA2 #A278BC #BCA278

tetradic

#78BCA2 #8078BC #BC7892 #B4BC78

square

#78BCA2 #8078BC #BC7892 #B4BC78

split-complementary

#78BCA2 #BC78B4 #BC8078

monochromatic

#3E7C64 #52A585 #78BCA2 #A1D0BE #CAE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#78BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCA2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCA2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0bd',
    500: '#78bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bca2;
$custom-light: #a1d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCA2

secondary

#D5BBC5

accent

#3965AC

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCA2

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

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