#78C4CB#78C4CB

#78C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.076 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4CB
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -21.71, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 24.30, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0698 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.076 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2612, 47.7820, 63.6950)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4CB #CB7F78

analogous

#78CBA8 #78C4CB #789ACB

triadic

#78C4CB #CB78C4 #C4CB78

tetradic

#78C4CB #A878CB #CB7F78 #9ACB78

square

#78C4CB #A878CB #CB7F78 #9ACB78

split-complementary

#78C4CB #CB789A #CBA878

monochromatic

#388991 #4CB1BA #78C4CB #A4D7DC #D0EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#78C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#78C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4CB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4CB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.076 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d6da',
    500: '#78c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4cb;
$custom-light: #a3d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4CB

secondary

#DEC3C1

accent

#3A2EB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4CB

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

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