#78C8CB#78C8CB

#78C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.079 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8CB
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -23.72, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 25.44, 201.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0746 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.079 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1754, 49.6105, 63.9998)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8CB #CB7B78

analogous

#78CBA4 #78C8CB #789ECB

triadic

#78C8CB #CB78C8 #C8CB78

tetradic

#78C8CB #A478CB #CB7B78 #9ECB78

square

#78C8CB #A478CB #CB7B78 #9ECB78

split-complementary

#78C8CB #CB789E #CBA478

monochromatic

#388E91 #4CB6BA #78C8CB #A4DADC #D0ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#78C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8CB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8CB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.079 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9da',
    500: '#78c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8cb;
$custom-light: #a3d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.169,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78267,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8CB

secondary

#DEC2C1

accent

#332EB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFA

border

#CED3D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8CB

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

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