#78BEA8#78BEA8

#78BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.078 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEA8
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(161, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -27.05, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 27.37, 171.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0773 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.078 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2244, 43.6451, 43.7118)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEA8 #BE788E

analogous

#78BE85 #78BEA8 #78B1BE

triadic

#78BEA8 #A878BE #BEA878

tetradic

#78BEA8 #8578BE #BE788E #B1BE78

square

#78BEA8 #8578BE #BE788E #B1BE78

split-complementary

#78BEA8 #BE78B1 #BE8578

monochromatic

#3D7F6A #51A88D #78BEA8 #A1D2C3 #CBE6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#78BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEA8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEA8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.078 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c1',
    500: '#78bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bea8;
$custom-light: #a2d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEA8

secondary

#D6BCC4

accent

#385DAE

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEA8

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

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