#78BD9E#78BD9E

#78BD9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.084 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BD9E
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(153, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(153, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -28.72, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 30.06, 162.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0805 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.084 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1126, 42.8550, 38.9209)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BD9E #BD7897

analogous

#78BD7B #78BD9E #78B9BD

triadic

#78BD9E #9E78BD #BD9E78

tetradic

#78BD9E #7B78BD #BD7897 #B9BD78

square

#78BD9E #7B78BD #BD7897 #B9BD78

split-complementary

#78BD9E #BD78B9 #BD7B78

monochromatic

#3D7D61 #51A680 #78BD9E #A1D1BC #CAE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78BD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#78BD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BD9E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BD9E	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.084 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ba',
    500: '#78bd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bd9e;
$custom-light: #a1d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.043,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BD9E

secondary

#D6BBC7

accent

#386DAD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1411

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BD9E

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

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