#78C8AF#78C8AF

#78C8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.087 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8AF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -30.34, 4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 30.72, 170.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0865 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.087 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1349, 48.3943, 47.9861)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8AF #C87891

analogous

#78C887 #78C8AF #78B9C8

triadic

#78C8AF #AF78C8 #C8AF78

tetradic

#78C8AF #8778C8 #C87891 #B9C878

square

#78C8AF #8778C8 #C87891 #B9C878

split-complementary

#78C8AF #C878B9 #C88778

monochromatic

#398C72 #4DB695 #78C8AF #A3DAC9 #CFEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#78C8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#78C8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8AF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8AF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.087 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9c6',
    500: '#78c8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8af;
$custom-light: #a2d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77408,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8AF

secondary

#DCBFC8

accent

#305AB5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8AF

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

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