#78BEC0#78BEC0

#78BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.071 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEC0
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -21.43, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 22.86, 200.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0671 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.071 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6701, 44.6233, 56.5925)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEC0 #C07A78

analogous

#78C09E #78BEC0 #789AC0

triadic

#78BEC0 #C078BE #BEC078

tetradic

#78BEC0 #9E78C0 #C07A78 #9AC078

square

#78BEC0 #9E78C0 #C07A78 #9AC078

split-complementary

#78BEC0 #C0789A #C09E78

monochromatic

#3C7F81 #50A8AB #78BEC0 #A2D2D3 #CBE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#78BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEC0

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEC0	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.071 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1d3',
    500: '#78bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bec0;
$custom-light: #a2d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEC0

secondary

#D7BDBC

accent

#3A36AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEC0

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

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