#78C3CA#78C3CA

#78C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.075 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C3CA
RGB	rgb(120, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -21.46, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 24.04, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.069 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.075 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9176, 47.2848, 62.9945)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C3CA #CA7F78

analogous

#78CAA8 #78C3CA #789ACA

triadic

#78C3CA #CA78C3 #C3CA78

tetradic

#78C3CA #A878CA #CA7F78 #9ACA78

square

#78C3CA #A878CA #CA7F78 #9ACA78

split-complementary

#78C3CA #CA789A #CAA878

monochromatic

#38888F #4CAFB9 #78C3CA #A4D7DB #D0EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#78C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C3CA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C3CA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.075 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d5da',
    500: '#78c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c3ca;
$custom-light: #a3d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.122,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C3CA

secondary

#DEC3C0

accent

#3A2FB7

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C3CA

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

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