#78C8CC#78C8CC

#78C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.079 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8CC
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -23.46, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 25.39, 202.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0742 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.079 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2950, 49.6584, 64.6294)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8CC #CC7C78

analogous

#78CCA6 #78C8CC #789ECC

triadic

#78C8CC #CC78C8 #C8CC78

tetradic

#78C8CC #A678CC #CC7C78 #9ECC78

square

#78C8CC #A678CC #CC7C78 #9ECC78

split-complementary

#78C8CC #CC789E #CCA678

monochromatic

#378E92 #4CB6BB #78C8CC #A4DADD #D1ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#78C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8CC

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8CC	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.079 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9db',
    500: '#78c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8cc;
$custom-light: #a3d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8CC

secondary

#DFC2C1

accent

#342DB8

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8CC

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

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