#78CBCD#78CBCD

#78CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.081 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBCD
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -24.71, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 26.27, 199.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0773 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.081 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1169, 51.1097, 65.4969)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBCD #CD7A78

analogous

#78CDA4 #78CBCD #78A0CD

triadic

#78CBCD #CD78CB #CBCD78

tetradic

#78CBCD #A478CD #CD7A78 #A0CD78

square

#78CBCD #A478CD #CD7A78 #A0CD78

split-complementary

#78CBCD #CD78A0 #CDA478

monochromatic

#379294 #4BBABC #78CBCD #A5DCDE #D1EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#78CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBCD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBCD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.081 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdc',
    500: '#78cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbcd;
$custom-light: #a4dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.412,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBCD

secondary

#9A514F

accent

#302CB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBCD

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

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