#78CAAF#78CAAF

#78CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.090 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAAF
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -31.30, 5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 31.80, 169.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0889 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.09 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6011, 49.3267, 48.1415)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAAF #CA7893

analogous

#78CA86 #78CAAF #78BCCA

triadic

#78CAAF #AF78CA #CAAF78

tetradic

#78CAAF #8678CA #CA7893 #BCCA78

square

#78CAAF #8678CA #CA7893 #BCCA78

split-complementary

#78CAAF #CA78BC #CA8678

monochromatic

#388F73 #4CB995 #78CAAF #A4DBC9 #D0EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#78CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#78CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAAF

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAAF	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.090 170.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.244,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAAF

secondary

#DEC0CA

accent

#2F5CB7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAAF

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

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