#78BEBC#78BEBC

#78BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.071 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEBC
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(178, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -22.41, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 23.19, 194.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0687 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.071 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2330, 44.4485, 54.2900)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEBC #BE787A

analogous

#78BE99 #78BEBC #789DBE

triadic

#78BEBC #BC78BE #BEBC78

tetradic

#78BEBC #9978BE #BE787A #9DBE78

square

#78BEBC #9978BE #BE787A #9DBE78

split-complementary

#78BEBC #BE789D #BE9978

monochromatic

#3D7F7D #51A8A5 #78BEBC #A1D2D1 #CBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#78BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEBC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEBC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.071 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1d0',
    500: '#78bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bebc;
$custom-light: #a2d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEBC

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#383BAE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEBC

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

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