#78BFBC#78BFBC

#78BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.072 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFBC
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -22.91, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 23.57, 193.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.07 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.072 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4503, 44.8831, 54.3625)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFBC #BF787B

analogous

#78BF98 #78BFBC #789EBF

triadic

#78BFBC #BC78BF #BFBC78

tetradic

#78BFBC #9878BF #BF787B #9EBF78

square

#78BFBC #9878BF #BF787B #9EBF78

split-complementary

#78BFBC #BF789E #BF9878

monochromatic

#3D807D #50A9A6 #78BFBC #A2D3D1 #CBE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#78BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFBC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFBC	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.072 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2d0',
    500: '#78bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfbc;
$custom-light: #a2d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75707,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFBC

secondary

#D7BCBD

accent

#373CAF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFBC

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

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