#78C8BE#78C8BE

#78C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.080 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8BE
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(173, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -26.89, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 27.03, 185.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.08 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.08 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6907, 49.0166, 56.1803)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8BE #C87882

analogous

#78C896 #78C8BE #78AAC8

triadic

#78C8BE #BE78C8 #C8BE78

tetradic

#78C8BE #9678C8 #C87882 #AAC878

square

#78C8BE #9678C8 #C87882 #AAC878

split-complementary

#78C8BE #C878AA #C89678

monochromatic

#398C82 #4DB6A9 #78C8BE #A3DAD3 #CFEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#78C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#78C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8BE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8BE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.080 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d1',
    500: '#78c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8be;
$custom-light: #a3d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7785,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8BE

secondary

#DCBFC3

accent

#3041B5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8BE

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

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