#78BCBD#78BCBD

#78BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBD
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -21.15, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 22.38, 199.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0659 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.069 197)
XYZ	xyz(34.9109, 43.6313, 54.7163)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBD #BD7978

analogous

#78BD9B #78BCBD #7899BD

triadic

#78BCBD #BD78BC #BCBD78

tetradic

#78BCBD #9B78BD #BD7978 #99BD78

square

#78BCBD #9B78BD #BD7978 #99BD78

split-complementary

#78BCBD #BD7899 #BD9B78

monochromatic

#3D7C7D #51A5A6 #78BCBD #A1D0D1 #CAE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#78BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBD	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 197.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.43634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBD

secondary

#D6BCBB

accent

#3A38AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBD

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

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