#78CCAE#78CCAE

#78CCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.093 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCAE
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 174)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -32.46, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 33.21, 167.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0918 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.094 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9755, 50.2322, 47.7836)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCAE #CC7896

analogous

#78CC84 #78CCAE #78C0CC

triadic

#78CCAE #AE78CC #CCAE78

tetradic

#78CCAE #8478CC #CC7896 #C0CC78

square

#78CCAE #8478CC #CC7896 #C0CC78

split-complementary

#78CCAE #CC78C0 #CC8478

monochromatic

#379272 #4CBB93 #78CCAE #A4DDC9 #D1EEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#78CCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#78CCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCAE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCAE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.093 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcc6',
    500: '#78ccae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccae;
$custom-light: #a3dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78319,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCAE

secondary

#994F6A

accent

#2D5FB8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCAE

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

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