#78CBCA#78CBCA

#78CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.081 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBCA
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -25.45, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 26.52, 196.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0785 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.081 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7583, 50.9662, 63.6080)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBCA #CB7879

analogous

#78CBA0 #78CBCA #78A2CB

triadic

#78CBCA #CA78CB #CBCA78

tetradic

#78CBCA #A078CB #CB7879 #A2CB78

square

#78CBCA #A078CB #CB7879 #A2CB78

split-complementary

#78CBCA #CB78A2 #CBA078

monochromatic

#389190 #4CBAB9 #78CBCA #A4DCDB #D0EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#78CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#78CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBCA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBCA	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.081 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbda',
    500: '#78cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbca;
$custom-light: #a4dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.277,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78922,
    "c": 0.08116,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBCA

secondary

#985051

accent

#2E30B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBCA

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

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