#78C8BF#78C8BF

#78C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.080 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8BF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(173, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -26.65, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 26.85, 186.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0796 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.08 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8004, 49.0605, 56.7579)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8BF #C87881

analogous

#78C897 #78C8BF #78A9C8

triadic

#78C8BF #BF78C8 #C8BF78

tetradic

#78C8BF #9778C8 #C87881 #A9C878

square

#78C8BF #9778C8 #C87881 #A9C878

split-complementary

#78C8BF #C878A9 #C89778

monochromatic

#398C83 #4DB6AA #78C8BF #A3DAD4 #CFEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#78C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#78C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8BF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8BF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.080 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9d2',
    500: '#78c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8bf;
$custom-light: #a3d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77881,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8BF

secondary

#DCBFC3

accent

#303FB5

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8BF

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

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