#78C0BC#78C0BC

#78C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.073 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C0BC
RGB	rgb(120, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -23.41, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 23.96, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0712 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.073 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6691, 45.3208, 54.4354)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C0BC #C0787C

analogous

#78C098 #78C0BC #78A0C0

triadic

#78C0BC #BC78C0 #C0BC78

tetradic

#78C0BC #9878C0 #C0787C #A0C078

square

#78C0BC #9878C0 #C0787C #A0C078

split-complementary

#78C0BC #C078A0 #C09878

monochromatic

#3C817D #50ABA6 #78C0BC #A2D3D1 #CBE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#78C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C0BC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C0BC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.073 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3d0',
    500: '#78c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c0bc;
$custom-light: #a2d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C0BC

secondary

#D7BCBE

accent

#363DAF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C0BC

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

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