#78BFA5#78BFA5

#78BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.081 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFA5
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(158, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -28.20, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 28.85, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0799 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.081 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1655, 43.9692, 42.3293)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFA5 #BF7892

analogous

#78BF81 #78BFA5 #78B5BF

triadic

#78BFA5 #A578BF #BFA578

tetradic

#78BFA5 #8178BF #BF7892 #B5BF78

square

#78BFA5 #8178BF #BF7892 #B5BF78

split-complementary

#78BFA5 #BF78B5 #BF8178

monochromatic

#3D8067 #50A989 #78BFA5 #A2D3C1 #CBE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#78BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#78BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFA5

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFA5	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.081 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2bf',
    500: '#78bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfa5;
$custom-light: #a2d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.028,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75018,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFA5

secondary

#D7BCC6

accent

#3763AF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFA5

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

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