#78C8D2#78C8D2

#78C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.080 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8D2
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -21.94, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 25.34, 210.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0717 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.08 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0285, 49.9518, 68.4926)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8D2 #D28278

analogous

#78D2AF #78C8D2 #789BD2

triadic

#78C8D2 #D278C8 #C8D278

tetradic

#78C8D2 #AF78D2 #D28278 #9BD278

square

#78C8D2 #AF78D2 #D28278 #9BD278

split-complementary

#78C8D2 #D2789B #D2AF78

monochromatic

#34909C #4AB5C3 #78C8D2 #A6DBE1 #D4EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#78C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#78C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8D2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8D2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ECECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.080 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d9df',
    500: '#78c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8d2;
$custom-light: #a4d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78505,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8D2

secondary

#E2C7C3

accent

#3928BD

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8D2

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

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