#78BDAA#78BDAA

#78BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDAA
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(163, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -26.12, 2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 26.26, 174.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0752 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.076 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1964, 43.2885, 44.6287)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDAA #BD788B

analogous

#78BD87 #78BDAA #78ADBD

triadic

#78BDAA #AA78BD #BDAA78

tetradic

#78BDAA #8778BD #BD788B #ADBD78

square

#78BDAA #8778BD #BD788B #ADBD78

split-complementary

#78BDAA #BD78AD #BD8778

monochromatic

#3D7D6C #51A68F #78BDAA #A1D1C4 #CAE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#78BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#78BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDAA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDAA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c3',
    500: '#78bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdaa;
$custom-light: #a2d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.478,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDAA

secondary

#D6BBC3

accent

#3859AD

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDAA

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

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