#78BCAF#78BCAF

#78BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.072 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCAF
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -24.48, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 24.49, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0718 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.072 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4640, 43.0525, 47.0958)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCAF #BC7885

analogous

#78BC8D #78BCAF #78A7BC

triadic

#78BCAF #AF78BC #BCAF78

tetradic

#78BCAF #8D78BC #BC7885 #A7BC78

square

#78BCAF #8D78BC #BC7885 #A7BC78

split-complementary

#78BCAF #BC78A7 #BC8D78

monochromatic

#3E7C70 #52A595 #78BCAF #A1D0C7 #CAE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#78BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCAF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCAF	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.072 180.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.529,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCAF

secondary

#D5BBC0

accent

#394FAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCAF

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

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