#78CAAE#78CAAE

#78CAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.091 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAAE
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -31.52, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 32.11, 168.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0894 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.091 170)
XYZ	xyz(36.5032, 49.2876, 47.6261)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAAE #CA7894

analogous

#78CA85 #78CAAE #78BDCA

triadic

#78CAAE #AE78CA #CAAE78

tetradic

#78CAAE #8578CA #CA7894 #BDCA78

square

#78CAAE #8578CA #CA7894 #BDCA78

split-complementary

#78CAAE #CA78BD #CA8578

monochromatic

#388F72 #4CB994 #78CAAE #A4DBC8 #D0EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#78CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#78CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAAE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAAE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.091 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dac6',
    500: '#78caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caae;
$custom-light: #a3dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.512,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.4929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAAE

secondary

#DEC0CA

accent

#2F5DB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAAE

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

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