#78CBBE#78CBBE

#78CBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.084 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBBE
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 190)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(171, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -28.35, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 28.39, 182.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0836 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.084 183)
XYZ	xyz(38.3923, 50.4199, 56.4141)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBBE #CB7885

analogous

#78CB94 #78CBBE #78AECB

triadic

#78CBBE #BE78CB #CBBE78

tetradic

#78CBBE #9478CB #CB7885 #AECB78

square

#78CBBE #9478CB #CB7885 #AECB78

split-complementary

#78CBBE #CB78AE #CB9478

monochromatic

#389183 #4CBAA9 #78CBBE #A4DCD3 #D0EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78CBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#78CBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBBE

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBBE	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#C4C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.084 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbd1',
    500: '#78cbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbbe;
$custom-light: #a3dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.602,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78545,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.50423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBBE

secondary

#98505B

accent

#2E44B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →