#78BDA5#78BDA5

#78BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.079 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDA5
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(159, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -27.22, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 27.73, 169.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0774 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.079 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7323, 43.1029, 42.1849)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDA5 #BD7890

analogous

#78BD82 #78BDA5 #78B2BD

triadic

#78BDA5 #A578BD #BDA578

tetradic

#78BDA5 #8278BD #BD7890 #B2BD78

square

#78BDA5 #8278BD #BD7890 #B2BD78

split-complementary

#78BDA5 #BD78B2 #BD8278

monochromatic

#3D7D67 #51A689 #78BDA5 #A1D1C0 #CAE5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#78BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDA5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDA5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.079 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1bf',
    500: '#78bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bda5;
$custom-light: #a1d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDA5

secondary

#D6BBC4

accent

#3861AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDA5

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

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