#78C8B2#78C8B2

#78C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.086 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8B2
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -29.67, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 29.85, 173.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0852 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.086 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4328, 48.5135, 49.5551)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8B2 #C8788E

analogous

#78C88A #78C8B2 #78B6C8

triadic

#78C8B2 #B278C8 #C8B278

tetradic

#78C8B2 #8A78C8 #C8788E #B6C878

square

#78C8B2 #8A78C8 #C8788E #B6C878

split-complementary

#78C8B2 #C878B6 #C88A78

monochromatic

#398C76 #4DB699 #78C8B2 #A3DACB #CFEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#78C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8B2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8B2	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ECAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.086 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d9c9',
    500: '#78c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8b2;
$custom-light: #a2d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.08561,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8B2

secondary

#DCBFC7

accent

#3055B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8B2

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

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