#78BFAC#78BFAC

#78BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.077 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFAC
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(164, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -26.65, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 26.77, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0768 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.077 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8202, 44.2311, 45.7771)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFAC #BF788B

analogous

#78BF88 #78BFAC #78AEBF

triadic

#78BFAC #AC78BF #BFAC78

tetradic

#78BFAC #8878BF #BF788B #AEBF78

square

#78BFAC #8878BF #BF788B #AEBF78

split-complementary

#78BFAC #BF78AE #BF8878

monochromatic

#3D806E #50A992 #78BFAC #A2D3C6 #CBE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#78BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFAC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFAC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.077 175.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.944,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFAC

secondary

#D7BCC3

accent

#3757AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFAC

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

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