#78CBCC#78CBCC

#78CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.081 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBCC
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -24.96, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 26.34, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0777 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.081 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9966, 51.0616, 64.8633)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBCC #CC7978

analogous

#78CCA3 #78CBCC #78A1CC

triadic

#78CBCC #CC78CB #CBCC78

tetradic

#78CBCC #A378CC #CC7978 #A1CC78

square

#78CBCC #A378CC #CC7978 #A1CC78

split-complementary

#78CBCC #CC78A1 #CCA378

monochromatic

#379192 #4CBABB #78CBCC #A4DCDD #D1EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#78CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBCC

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBCC	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.081 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdb',
    500: '#78cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbcc;
$custom-light: #a4dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBCC

secondary

#99504F

accent

#2F2DB8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBCC

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

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