#78C8CD#78C8CD

#78C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.079 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8CD
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -23.21, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 25.35, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0737 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.079 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4153, 49.7065, 65.2631)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8CD #CD7D78

analogous

#78CDA7 #78C8CD #789DCD

triadic

#78C8CD #CD78C8 #C8CD78

tetradic

#78C8CD #A778CD #CD7D78 #9DCD78

square

#78C8CD #A778CD #CD7D78 #9DCD78

split-complementary

#78C8CD #CD789D #CDA778

monochromatic

#378E94 #4BB6BC #78C8CD #A5DADE #D1ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#78C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8CD

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8CD	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.079 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d9dc',
    500: '#78c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8cd;
$custom-light: #a3d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78334,
    "c": 0.0789,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8CD

secondary

#DFC3C1

accent

#352CB9

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8CD

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

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