#78C2CD#78C2CD

#78C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.075 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2CD
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -20.19, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 23.88, 212.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0666 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.075 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0529, 46.9817, 64.8089)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2CD #CD8378

analogous

#78CDAD #78C2CD #7897CD

triadic

#78C2CD #CD78C2 #C2CD78

tetradic

#78C2CD #AD78CD #CD8378 #97CD78

square

#78C2CD #AD78CD #CD8378 #97CD78

split-complementary

#78C2CD #CD7897 #CDAD78

monochromatic

#378894 #4BAEBC #78C2CD #A5D6DE #D1EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#78C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2CD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2CD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.075 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4dc',
    500: '#78c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2cd;
$custom-light: #a3d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2CD

secondary

#DFC5C1

accent

#3F2CB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2CD

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

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