#78C8BC#78C8BC

#78C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8BC
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(171, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -27.36, -1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 27.42, 183.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0809 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.081 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4736, 48.9298, 55.0369)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8BC #C87884

analogous

#78C894 #78C8BC #78ACC8

triadic

#78C8BC #BC78C8 #C8BC78

tetradic

#78C8BC #9478C8 #C87884 #ACC878

square

#78C8BC #9478C8 #C87884 #ACC878

split-complementary

#78C8BC #C878AC #C89478

monochromatic

#398C80 #4DB6A6 #78C8BC #A3DAD2 #CFEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#78C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#78C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8BC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8BC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d0',
    500: '#78c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8bc;
$custom-light: #a3d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77789,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8BC

secondary

#DCBFC4

accent

#3044B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8BC

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

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