#78C8A8#78C8A8

#78C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.092 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8A8
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(156, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -31.87, 8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 32.94, 165.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0896 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.092 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4651, 48.1264, 44.4587)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8A8 #C87898

analogous

#78C880 #78C8A8 #78C0C8

triadic

#78C8A8 #A878C8 #C8A878

tetradic

#78C8A8 #8078C8 #C87898 #C0C878

square

#78C8A8 #8078C8 #C87898 #C0C878

split-complementary

#78C8A8 #C878C0 #C88078

monochromatic

#398C6B #4DB68C #78C8A8 #A3DAC4 #CFEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#78C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#78C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8A8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8A8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.092 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9c1',
    500: '#78c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8a8;
$custom-light: #a2d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8A8

secondary

#DCBFCB

accent

#3065B5

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F4FAF7

border

#CED3D0

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8A8

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

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