#78BCBB#78BCBB

#78BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBB
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -21.64, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 22.54, 196.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0667 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.069 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6953, 43.5451, 53.5809)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBB #BC7879

analogous

#78BC99 #78BCBB #789BBC

triadic

#78BCBB #BB78BC #BCBB78

tetradic

#78BCBB #9978BC #BC7879 #9BBC78

square

#78BCBB #9978BC #BC7879 #9BBC78

split-complementary

#78BCBB #BC789B #BC9978

monochromatic

#3E7C7B #52A5A4 #78BCBB #A1D0D0 #CAE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#78BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBB

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBB	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0cf',
    500: '#78bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcbb;
$custom-light: #a2d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.06891,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBB

secondary

#D5BBBB

accent

#393BAC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBB

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

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