#78CBBD#78CBBD

#78CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.084 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBBD
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(170, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -28.59, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 28.60, 181.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.084 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.084 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2834, 50.3763, 55.8405)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBBD #CB7886

analogous

#78CB93 #78CBBD #78AFCB

triadic

#78CBBD #BD78CB #CBBD78

tetradic

#78CBBD #9378CB #CB7886 #AFCB78

square

#78CBBD #9378CB #CB7886 #AFCB78

split-complementary

#78CBBD #CB78AF #CB9378

monochromatic

#389182 #4CBAA7 #78CBBD #A4DCD3 #D0EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#78CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#78CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBBD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBBD	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.084 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbd0',
    500: '#78cbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbbd;
$custom-light: #a3dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78515,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBBD

secondary

#98505C

accent

#2E45B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBBD

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

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