#78BDA8#78BDA8

#78BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.077 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDA8
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(162, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -26.56, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 26.83, 171.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0761 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.077 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0086, 43.2134, 43.6399)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDA8 #BD788D

analogous

#78BD85 #78BDA8 #78AFBD

triadic

#78BDA8 #A878BD #BDA878

tetradic

#78BDA8 #8578BD #BD788D #AFBD78

square

#78BDA8 #8578BD #BD788D #AFBD78

split-complementary

#78BDA8 #BD78AF #BD8578

monochromatic

#3D7D6A #51A68D #78BDA8 #A1D1C2 #CAE5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#78BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDA8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDA8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.077 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1c1',
    500: '#78bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bda8;
$custom-light: #a1d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDA8

secondary

#D6BBC3

accent

#385CAD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDA8

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

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