#78C8AE#78C8AE

#78C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.088 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8AE
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -30.56, 5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 31.02, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0869 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.088 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0370, 48.3552, 47.4707)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8AE #C87892

analogous

#78C886 #78C8AE #78BAC8

triadic

#78C8AE #AE78C8 #C8AE78

tetradic

#78C8AE #8678C8 #C87892 #BAC878

square

#78C8AE #8678C8 #C87892 #BAC878

split-complementary

#78C8AE #C878BA #C88678

monochromatic

#398C71 #4DB694 #78C8AE #A3DAC8 #CFEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#78C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#78C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8AE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8AE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.088 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9c6',
    500: '#78c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ae;
$custom-light: #a2d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8AE

secondary

#DCBFC9

accent

#305BB5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8AE

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

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