#78B8BE

Closest named color: Cool Steel (#97A7B3). oklch(74.2% 0.066 203.3), rgb(120, 184, 190).

Black text reads best on this color (9.39:1).

About this color

#78B8BE is a medium-light, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 74%, its chroma 0.066 and its hue 203°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Cool Steel (#97A7B3), ΔE 0.053 away. Black text reads best on it, at 9.39:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-light (74%)
Chroma	muted (0.066)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Cool Steel (#97A7B3)
Black text	9.39:1
White text	2.23:1

Values

HEX	#78B8BE
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 61%)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.066 203.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #78B8BE	2.23:1	Fails	Lc -48.7	Large or bold text, headings
Black text on #78B8BE	9.39:1	AAA	Lc 60.0	Content text, not long reading
#78B8BE text on white	2.23:1	Fails	Lc 43.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#78B8BE text on black	9.39:1	AAA	Lc -58.2	Large or bold text, headings

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

Step 50
50

#F1F7F7

oklch(97.2% 0.006 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E1ECED

oklch(93.5% 0.012 203.5)
Step 200
200

#C9DEE0

oklch(88.6% 0.023 203.7)
Step 300
300

#A2C9CD

oklch(80.9% 0.042 204.1)
Step 400
400 (this color)

#78B8BE

oklch(74.2% 0.066 203.3)
Step 500
500

#4098A0

oklch(63% 0.084 203.5)
Step 600
600

#10838B

oklch(55.7% 0.092 202.6)
Step 700
700

#006E76

oklch(49.1% 0.084 203.6)
Step 800
800

#075A60

oklch(42.7% 0.071 203)
Step 900
900

#154A4F

oklch(37.7% 0.055 204.1)
Step 950
950

#0E2B2E

oklch(26.9% 0.035 204.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#78B8BE with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#AFB3BE	0.066
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#A3AABE	0.061
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#5CBDBA	0.030
Achromatopsia (no color)	#ADADAD	0.066