#78C2CE#78C2CE

#78C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.076 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2CE
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -19.93, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 23.93, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0662 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.076 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1740, 47.0301, 65.4467)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2CE #CE8478

analogous

#78CEAF #78C2CE #7897CE

triadic

#78C2CE #CE78C2 #C2CE78

tetradic

#78C2CE #AF78CE #CE8478 #97CE78

square

#78C2CE #AF78CE #CE8478 #97CE78

split-complementary

#78C2CE #CE7897 #CEAF78

monochromatic

#368895 #4BAEBE #78C2CE #A5D6DE #D2EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#78C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2CE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2CE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.076 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d4dd',
    500: '#78c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2ce;
$custom-light: #a3d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.07558,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2CE

secondary

#E0C6C2

accent

#3F2CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2CE

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

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