#78BCB2#78BCB2

#78BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.071 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCB2
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -23.79, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 23.85, 184.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0705 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.071 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7619, 43.1717, 48.6648)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCB2 #BC7882

analogous

#78BC90 #78BCB2 #78A4BC

triadic

#78BCB2 #B278BC #BCB278

tetradic

#78BCB2 #9078BC #BC7882 #A4BC78

square

#78BCB2 #9078BC #BC7882 #A4BC78

split-complementary

#78BCB2 #BC78A4 #BC9078

monochromatic

#3E7C73 #52A599 #78BCB2 #A1D0C9 #CAE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#78BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCB2

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCB2	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.071 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c9',
    500: '#78bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcb2;
$custom-light: #a2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCB2

secondary

#D5BBBF

accent

#394AAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCB2

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

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