#78CBAE#78CBAE

#78CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.092 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBAE
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -31.99, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 32.66, 168.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0906 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.092 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7386, 49.7584, 47.7046)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBAE #CB7895

analogous

#78CB84 #78CBAE #78BECB

triadic

#78CBAE #AE78CB #CBAE78

tetradic

#78CBAE #8478CB #CB7895 #BECB78

square

#78CBAE #8478CB #CB7895 #BECB78

split-complementary

#78CBAE #CB78BE #CB8478

monochromatic

#389172 #4CBA93 #78CBAE #A4DCC9 #D0EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#78CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBAE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBAE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.092 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbc6',
    500: '#78cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbae;
$custom-light: #a3dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.036,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78084,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBAE

secondary

#DEC1CB

accent

#2E5EB8

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FBF8

border

#CED4D1

text

#0F1513

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBAE

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

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