#78BDA4#78BDA4

#78BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.079 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDA4
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(158, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -27.44, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 28.04, 168.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0779 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.079 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6417, 43.0666, 41.7075)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDA4 #BD7891

analogous

#78BD81 #78BDA4 #78B3BD

triadic

#78BDA4 #A478BD #BDA478

tetradic

#78BDA4 #8178BD #BD7891 #B3BD78

square

#78BDA4 #8178BD #BD7891 #B3BD78

split-complementary

#78BDA4 #BD78B3 #BD8178

monochromatic

#3D7D66 #51A688 #78BDA4 #A1D1C0 #CAE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#78BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDA4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDA4	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.079 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1bf',
    500: '#78bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bda4;
$custom-light: #a1d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.261,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDA4

secondary

#D6BBC5

accent

#3863AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDA4

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

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