#78BFAE#78BFAE

#78BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.076 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFAE
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(166, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -26.20, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 26.24, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0759 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.076 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0137, 44.3085, 46.7963)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFAE #BF7889

analogous

#78BF8A #78BFAE #78ACBF

triadic

#78BFAE #AE78BF #BFAE78

tetradic

#78BFAE #8A78BF #BF7889 #ACBF78

square

#78BFAE #8A78BF #BF7889 #ACBF78

split-complementary

#78BFAE #BF78AC #BF8A78

monochromatic

#3D8070 #50A994 #78BFAE #A2D3C7 #CBE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#78BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFAE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFAE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.076 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2c6',
    500: '#78bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfae;
$custom-light: #a2d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.634,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75275,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFAE

secondary

#D7BCC2

accent

#3754AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFAE

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

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