#78BCBF#78BCBF

#78BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.069 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCBF
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -20.66, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 22.27, 201.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.065 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.069 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1295, 43.7188, 55.8676)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCBF #BF7B78

analogous

#78BF9E #78BCBF #7898BF

triadic

#78BCBF #BF78BC #BCBF78

tetradic

#78BCBF #9E78BF #BF7B78 #98BF78

square

#78BCBF #9E78BF #BF7B78 #98BF78

split-complementary

#78BCBF #BF7898 #BF9E78

monochromatic

#3D7D80 #50A6A9 #78BCBF #A2D1D3 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#78BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCBF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCBF	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)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.069 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0d2',
    500: '#78bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcbf;
$custom-light: #a2d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75115,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCBF

secondary

#D7BDBC

accent

#3C37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCBF

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

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