#78BFBA#78BFBA

#78BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.072 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFBA
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(176, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -23.39, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 23.83, 190.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0708 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.072 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2362, 44.7975, 53.2349)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFBA #BF787D

analogous

#78BF96 #78BFBA #78A0BF

triadic

#78BFBA #BA78BF #BFBA78

tetradic

#78BFBA #9678BF #BF787D #A0BF78

square

#78BFBA #9678BF #BF787D #A0BF78

split-complementary

#78BFBA #BF78A0 #BF9678

monochromatic

#3D807B #50A9A3 #78BFBA #A2D3CF #CBE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#78BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFBA

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFBA	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.072 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2ce',
    500: '#78bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfba;
$custom-light: #a2d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.07191,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFBA

secondary

#D7BCBE

accent

#373FAF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFBA

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

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