#78CABC#78CABC

#78CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CABC
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -28.34, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 28.35, 181.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0833 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.083 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9399, 49.8623, 55.1923)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CABC #CA7886

analogous

#78CA93 #78CABC #78AFCA

triadic

#78CABC #BC78CA #CABC78

tetradic

#78CABC #9378CA #CA7886 #AFCA78

square

#78CABC #9378CA #CA7886 #AFCA78

split-complementary

#78CABC #CA78AF #CA9378

monochromatic

#388F80 #4CB9A6 #78CABC #A4DBD2 #D0EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#78CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#78CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CABC

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CABC	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dad0',
    500: '#78cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cabc;
$custom-light: #a3dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.756,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78253,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CABC

secondary

#DEC0C5

accent

#2F46B7

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CABC

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

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