#78C8AB#78C8AB

#78C8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.090 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8AB
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(158, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -31.22, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 31.96, 167.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0883 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.09 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7478, 48.2395, 45.9476)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8AB #C87895

analogous

#78C883 #78C8AB #78BDC8

triadic

#78C8AB #AB78C8 #C8AB78

tetradic

#78C8AB #8378C8 #C87895 #BDC878

square

#78C8AB #8378C8 #C87895 #BDC878

split-complementary

#78C8AB #C878BD #C88378

monochromatic

#398C6E #4DB690 #78C8AB #A3DAC6 #CFEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#78C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#78C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8AB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8AB	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.090 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9c4',
    500: '#78c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ab;
$custom-light: #a2d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8AB

secondary

#DCBFCA

accent

#3060B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8AB

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

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