#78BCAD#78BCAD

#78BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCAD
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -24.94, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 24.96, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0727 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.073 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2690, 42.9746, 46.0689)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCAD #BC7887

analogous

#78BC8B #78BCAD #78A9BC

triadic

#78BCAD #AD78BC #BCAD78

tetradic

#78BCAD #8B78BC #BC7887 #A9BC78

square

#78BCAD #8B78BC #BC7887 #A9BC78

split-complementary

#78BCAD #BC78A9 #BC8B78

monochromatic

#3E7C6E #52A593 #78BCAD #A1D0C6 #CAE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#78BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCAD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCAD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c5',
    500: '#78bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcad;
$custom-light: #a2d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCAD

secondary

#D5BBC1

accent

#3952AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCAD

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

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