#78CAAD#78CAAD

#78CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.091 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAAD
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -31.73, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 32.43, 168.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0898 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.091 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4061, 49.2488, 47.1146)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAAD #CA7895

analogous

#78CA84 #78CAAD #78BECA

triadic

#78CAAD #AD78CA #CAAD78

tetradic

#78CAAD #8478CA #CA7895 #BECA78

square

#78CAAD #8478CA #CA7895 #BECA78

split-complementary

#78CAAD #CA78BE #CA8478

monochromatic

#388F71 #4CB992 #78CAAD #A4DBC8 #D0EDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#78CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#78CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAAD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAAD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.091 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dac5',
    500: '#78caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caad;
$custom-light: #a3dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.78,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAAD

secondary

#DEC0CB

accent

#2F5FB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAAD

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

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