#78CBCF#78CBCF

#78CBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.081 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBCF
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 1.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -24.20, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 26.16, 202.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0765 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.081 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3599, 51.2069, 66.7765)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBCF #CF7C78

analogous

#78CFA8 #78CBCF #78A0CF

triadic

#78CBCF #CF78CB #CBCF78

tetradic

#78CBCF #A878CF #CF7C78 #A0CF78

square

#78CBCF #A878CF #CF7C78 #A0CF78

split-complementary

#78CBCF #CF78A0 #CFA878

monochromatic

#369297 #4BBABF #78CBCF #A5DCDF #D2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#78CBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBCF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBCF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.081 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdd',
    500: '#78cbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbcf;
$custom-light: #a4dbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.759,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBCF

secondary

#9D524E

accent

#312BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBCF

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

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