#78BCAE#78BCAE

#78BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.072 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCAE
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -24.71, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 24.72, 179.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0722 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.072 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3661, 43.0134, 46.5804)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCAE #BC7886

analogous

#78BC8C #78BCAE #78A8BC

triadic

#78BCAE #AE78BC #BCAE78

tetradic

#78BCAE #8C78BC #BC7886 #A8BC78

square

#78BCAE #8C78BC #BC7886 #A8BC78

split-complementary

#78BCAE #BC78A8 #BC8C78

monochromatic

#3E7C6F #52A594 #78BCAE #A1D0C7 #CAE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#78BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCAE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCAE	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)

#B7B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.072 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c6',
    500: '#78bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcae;
$custom-light: #a2d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCAE

secondary

#D5BBC0

accent

#3951AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCAE

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

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