#78C2CA#78C2CA

#78C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.075 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2CA
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -20.95, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 23.79, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0678 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.075 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6943, 46.8382, 62.9200)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2CA #CA8078

analogous

#78CAA9 #78C2CA #7899CA

triadic

#78C2CA #CA78C2 #C2CA78

tetradic

#78C2CA #A978CA #CA8078 #99CA78

square

#78C2CA #A978CA #CA8078 #99CA78

split-complementary

#78C2CA #CA7899 #CAA978

monochromatic

#38878F #4CAEB9 #78C2CA #A4D6DB #D0EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#78C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2CA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2CA	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.075 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4da',
    500: '#78c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2ca;
$custom-light: #a3d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76861,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2CA

secondary

#DEC3C0

accent

#3C2FB7

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2CA

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

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