#78C8CE#78C8CE

#78C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.079 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8CE
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -22.96, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 25.33, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0733 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.079 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5364, 49.7549, 65.9008)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8CE #CE7E78

analogous

#78CEA9 #78C8CE #789DCE

triadic

#78C8CE #CE78C8 #C8CE78

tetradic

#78C8CE #A978CE #CE7E78 #9DCE78

square

#78C8CE #A978CE #CE7E78 #9DCE78

split-complementary

#78C8CE #CE789D #CEA978

monochromatic

#368F95 #4BB6BE #78C8CE #A5DADE #D2EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#78C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8CE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8CE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.079 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9dd',
    500: '#78c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ce;
$custom-light: #a4d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78368,
    "c": 0.07903,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8CE

secondary

#E0C4C2

accent

#352CBA

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8CE

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

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