#78C8BB#78C8BB

#78C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8BB
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -27.60, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 27.63, 182.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0813 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.081 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3662, 48.8868, 54.4712)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8BB #C87885

analogous

#78C893 #78C8BB #78ADC8

triadic

#78C8BB #BB78C8 #C8BB78

tetradic

#78C8BB #9378C8 #C87885 #ADC878

square

#78C8BB #9378C8 #C87885 #ADC878

split-complementary

#78C8BB #C878AD #C89378

monochromatic

#398C7F #4DB6A5 #78C8BB #A3DAD1 #CFEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#78C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#78C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8BB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8BB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9cf',
    500: '#78c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8bb;
$custom-light: #a3d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77758,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8BB

secondary

#DCBFC4

accent

#3046B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8BB

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

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