#78BFAA#78BFAA

#78BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.078 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFAA
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(162, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -27.10, 3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 27.33, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0777 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.078 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6295, 44.1548, 44.7731)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFAA #BF788D

analogous

#78BF86 #78BFAA #78B0BF

triadic

#78BFAA #AA78BF #BFAA78

tetradic

#78BFAA #8678BF #BF788D #B0BF78

square

#78BFAA #8678BF #BF788D #B0BF78

split-complementary

#78BFAA #BF78B0 #BF8678

monochromatic

#3D806C #50A98F #78BFAA #A2D3C4 #CBE6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#78BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#78BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFAA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFAA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.078 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c3',
    500: '#78bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfaa;
$custom-light: #a2d2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.254,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFAA

secondary

#D7BCC4

accent

#375AAF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFAA

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

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