#78C8B5#78C8B5

#78C8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.084 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8B5
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(166, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -28.99, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 29.05, 176.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0839 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.084 177)
XYZ	xyz(36.7373, 48.6353, 51.1588)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8B5 #C8788B

analogous

#78C88D #78C8B5 #78B3C8

triadic

#78C8B5 #B578C8 #C8B578

tetradic

#78C8B5 #8D78C8 #C8788B #B3C878

square

#78C8B5 #8D78C8 #C8788B #B3C878

split-complementary

#78C8B5 #C878B3 #C88D78

monochromatic

#398C79 #4DB69D #78C8B5 #A3DACD #CFEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#78C8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8B5

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8B5	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.084 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9cb',
    500: '#78c8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8b5;
$custom-light: #a3d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7758,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.48638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8B5

secondary

#DCBFC6

accent

#3050B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8B5

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

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