#78BFAB#78BFAB

#78BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.078 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFAB
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(163, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -26.88, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 27.05, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0773 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.078 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7245, 44.1928, 45.2732)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFAB #BF788C

analogous

#78BF87 #78BFAB #78AFBF

triadic

#78BFAB #AB78BF #BFAB78

tetradic

#78BFAB #8778BF #BF788C #AFBF78

square

#78BFAB #8778BF #BF788C #AFBF78

split-complementary

#78BFAB #BF78AF #BF8778

monochromatic

#3D806D #50A990 #78BFAB #A2D3C5 #CBE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#78BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFAB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFAB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.078 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c4',
    500: '#78bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfab;
$custom-light: #a2d2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.099,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.07764,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFAB

secondary

#D7BCC4

accent

#3759AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFAB

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

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