#78BDBE#78BDBE

#78BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.070 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDBE
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -21.41, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 22.65, 199.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0667 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.07 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2342, 44.1036, 55.3614)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDBE #BE7978

analogous

#78BE9C #78BDBE #789ABE

triadic

#78BDBE #BE78BD #BDBE78

tetradic

#78BDBE #9C78BE #BE7978 #9ABE78

square

#78BDBE #9C78BE #BE7978 #9ABE78

split-complementary

#78BDBE #BE789A #BE9C78

monochromatic

#3D7E7F #51A7A8 #78BDBE #A1D1D2 #CBE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#78BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#78BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDBE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDBE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.070 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1d1',
    500: '#78bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdbe;
$custom-light: #a2d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.06971,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDBE

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3938AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDBE

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

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