#78BCBC#78BCBC

#78BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBC
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -21.40, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 22.45, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0663 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.069 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8028, 43.5881, 54.1466)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBC #BC7878

analogous

#78BC9A #78BCBC #789ABC

triadic

#78BCBC #BC78BC #BCBC78

tetradic

#78BCBC #9A78BC #BC7878 #9ABC78

square

#78BCBC #9A78BC #BC7878 #9ABC78

split-complementary

#78BCBC #BC789A #BC9A78

monochromatic

#3E7C7C #52A5A5 #78BCBC #A1D0D0 #CAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#78BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0d0',
    500: '#78bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcbc;
$custom-light: #a2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBC

secondary

#D5BBBB

accent

#3939AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBC

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

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