#78C8CF#78C8CF

#78C8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.079 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8CF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -22.71, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 25.31, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0729 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.079 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6583, 49.8037, 66.5426)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8CF #CF7F78

analogous

#78CFAB #78C8CF #789DCF

triadic

#78C8CF #CF78C8 #C8CF78

tetradic

#78C8CF #AB78CF #CF7F78 #9DCF78

square

#78C8CF #AB78CF #CF7F78 #9DCF78

split-complementary

#78C8CF #CF789D #CFAB78

monochromatic

#368F97 #4BB6BF #78C8CF #A5DADF #D2EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#78C8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#78C8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8CF

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8CF	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.079 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9dd',
    500: '#78c8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8cf;
$custom-light: #a4d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78402,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8CF

secondary

#E1C5C2

accent

#362BBB

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8CF

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

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