#78BCBA#78BCBA

#78BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBA
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -21.88, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 22.64, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0671 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.069 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5887, 43.5024, 53.0190)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBA #BC787A

analogous

#78BC98 #78BCBA #789CBC

triadic

#78BCBA #BA78BC #BCBA78

tetradic

#78BCBA #9878BC #BC787A #9CBC78

square

#78BCBA #9878BC #BC787A #9CBC78

split-complementary

#78BCBA #BC789C #BC9878

monochromatic

#3E7C7A #52A5A2 #78BCBA #A1D0CF #CAE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#78BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBA

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBA	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0ce',
    500: '#78bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcba;
$custom-light: #a2d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.06899,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBA

secondary

#D5BBBC

accent

#393CAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBA

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

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