#78BFBE#78BFBE

#78BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.071 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFBE
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -22.42, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 23.36, 196.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0691 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.071 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6674, 44.9700, 55.5058)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFBE #BF7879

analogous

#78BF9A #78BFBE #789CBF

triadic

#78BFBE #BE78BF #BFBE78

tetradic

#78BFBE #9A78BF #BF7879 #9CBF78

square

#78BFBE #9A78BF #BF7879 #9CBF78

split-complementary

#78BFBE #BF789C #BF9A78

monochromatic

#3D807F #50A9A8 #78BFBE #A2D3D2 #CBE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#78BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFBE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFBE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.071 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2d1',
    500: '#78bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfbe;
$custom-light: #a2d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFBE

secondary

#D7BCBC

accent

#3739AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFBE

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

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