#78BDCA#78BDCA

#78BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.072 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCA
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -18.40, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 22.76, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0618 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.072 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6001, 44.6500, 62.5553)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCA #CA8578

analogous

#78CAAE #78BDCA #7894CA

triadic

#78BDCA #CA78BD #BDCA78

tetradic

#78BDCA #AE78CA #CA8578 #94CA78

square

#78BDCA #AE78CA #CA8578 #94CA78

split-complementary

#78BDCA #CA7894 #CAAE78

monochromatic

#38828F #4CA8B9 #78BDCA #A4D2DB #D0E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#78BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.072 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1da',
    500: '#78bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdca;
$custom-light: #a3d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.512,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75722,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCA

secondary

#DEC5C0

accent

#442FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCA

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

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