#78BEBD#78BEBD

#78BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.071 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEBD
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -22.16, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 23.09, 196.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0683 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.071 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3411, 44.4917, 54.8597)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEBD #BE7879

analogous

#78BE9A #78BEBD #789CBE

triadic

#78BEBD #BD78BE #BEBD78

tetradic

#78BEBD #9A78BE #BE7879 #9CBE78

square

#78BEBD #9A78BE #BE7879 #9CBE78

split-complementary

#78BEBD #BE789C #BE9A78

monochromatic

#3D7F7E #51A8A7 #78BEBD #A1D2D1 #CBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#78BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEBD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEBD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.071 194.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.0706,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEBD

secondary

#D6BCBC

accent

#3839AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEBD

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

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