#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
RGBrgb(120, 200, 171)
HSLhsl(158, 42%, 63%)
HSVhsv(158, 40%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.98, -31.22, 6.84)
CIE-LCHlch(74.98, 31.96, 167.64°)
OKLaboklab(77.3% -0.0883 0.0176)
OKLCHoklch(77.3% 0.09 168.7)
XYZxyz(35.7478, 48.2395, 45.9476)
Luminance0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##78C8AB1.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#78C8AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva