#78CBD2#78CBD2

#78CBD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.082 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBD2
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -23.44, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 26.07, 205.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0752 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.082 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7301, 51.3550, 68.7265)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBD2 #D27F78

analogous

#78D2AC #78CBD2 #789ED2

triadic

#78CBD2 #D278CB #CBD278

tetradic

#78CBD2 #AC78D2 #D27F78 #9ED278

square

#78CBD2 #AC78D2 #D27F78 #9ED278

split-complementary

#78CBD2 #D2789E #D2AC78

monochromatic

#34949C #4AB9C3 #78CBD2 #A6DDE1 #D4EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78CBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#78CBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBD2

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBD2	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.082 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdf',
    500: '#78cbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbd2;
$custom-light: #a4dbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79189,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBD2

secondary

#A1544D

accent

#3428BD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBD2

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

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