Exploring the Color #78B9A8

#78B9A8 sits at 164° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 32% saturation and 60% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 120, 185, 168 produces a 9.30:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #78B9A8 is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 70 units away from #808080. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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