#78CBDA#78CBDA

#78CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.084 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBDA
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -21.38, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 26.31, 215.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0721 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.084 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7518, 51.7637, 74.1073)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBDA #DA8778

analogous

#78DAB8 #78CBDA #789ADA

triadic

#78CBDA #DA78CB #CBDA78

tetradic

#78CBDA #B878DA #DA8778 #9ADA78

square

#78CBDA #B878DA #DA8778 #9ADA78

split-complementary

#78CBDA #DA789A #DAB878

monochromatic

#2E96A9 #48B8CD #78CBDA #A8DEE7 #D8F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#78CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBDA

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBDA	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.084 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbe5',
    500: '#78cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbda;
$custom-light: #a4dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.184,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79467,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBDA

secondary

#AC594A

accent

#3A21C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBDA

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

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