#78BCAB#78BCAB

#78BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.074 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCAB
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -25.40, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 25.46, 175.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0735 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.074 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0769, 42.8977, 45.0573)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCAB #BC7889

analogous

#78BC89 #78BCAB #78ABBC

triadic

#78BCAB #AB78BC #BCAB78

tetradic

#78BCAB #8978BC #BC7889 #ABBC78

square

#78BCAB #8978BC #BC7889 #ABBC78

split-complementary

#78BCAB #BC78AB #BC8978

monochromatic

#3E7C6C #52A590 #78BCAB #A1D0C4 #CAE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#78BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCAB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCAB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.074 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0c4',
    500: '#78bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcab;
$custom-light: #a1d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74487,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCAB

secondary

#D5BBC1

accent

#3956AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCAB

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

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