#78BFC0#78BFC0

#78BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.071 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFC0
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -21.93, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 23.19, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0683 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.071 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8875, 45.0580, 56.6649)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFC0 #C07978

analogous

#78C09D #78BFC0 #789BC0

triadic

#78BFC0 #C078BF #BFC078

tetradic

#78BFC0 #9D78C0 #C07978 #9BC078

square

#78BFC0 #9D78C0 #C07978 #9BC078

split-complementary

#78BFC0 #C0789B #C09D78

monochromatic

#3C8081 #50AAAB #78BFC0 #A2D3D3 #CBE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#78BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFC0

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFC0	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.071 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2d3',
    500: '#78bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfc0;
$custom-light: #a2d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFC0

secondary

#D7BDBC

accent

#3836AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFC0

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

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