#78BCBE#78BCBE

#78BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.069 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBE
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -20.91, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 22.32, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0654 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.069 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0199, 43.6749, 55.2900)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBE #BE7A78

analogous

#78BE9D #78BCBE #7899BE

triadic

#78BCBE #BE78BC #BCBE78

tetradic

#78BCBE #9D78BE #BE7A78 #99BE78

square

#78BCBE #9D78BE #BE7A78 #99BE78

split-complementary

#78BCBE #BE7899 #BE9D78

monochromatic

#3D7D7F #51A5A8 #78BCBE #A1D1D2 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#78BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.069 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0d1',
    500: '#78bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcbe;
$custom-light: #a2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBE

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3B38AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBE

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

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