#78BDAE#78BDAE

#78BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.073 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDAE
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(167, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -25.21, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 25.22, 178.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0735 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.073 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5805, 43.4421, 46.6519)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDAE #BD7887

analogous

#78BD8C #78BDAE #78A9BD

triadic

#78BDAE #AE78BD #BDAE78

tetradic

#78BDAE #8C78BD #BD7887 #A9BD78

square

#78BDAE #8C78BD #BD7887 #A9BD78

split-complementary

#78BDAE #BD78A9 #BD8C78

monochromatic

#3D7D6F #51A694 #78BDAE #A1D1C7 #CAE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#78BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#78BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDAE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDAE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.073 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1c6',
    500: '#78bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdae;
$custom-light: #a2d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74809,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDAE

secondary

#D6BBC1

accent

#3852AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDAE

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

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