#78CBDB#78CBDB

#78CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.084 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBDB
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -21.11, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 26.39, 216.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0717 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.084 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8831, 51.8162, 74.7985)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBDB #DB8878

analogous

#78DBBA #78CBDB #789ADB

triadic

#78CBDB #DB78CB #CBDB78

tetradic

#78CBDB #BA78DB #DB8878 #9ADB78

square

#78CBDB #BA78DB #DB8878 #9ADB78

split-complementary

#78CBDB #DB789A #DBBA78

monochromatic

#2E97AB #48B8CE #78CBDB #A8DEE8 #D9F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#78CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBDB

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBDB	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.084 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbe6',
    500: '#78cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbdb;
$custom-light: #a4dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.697,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79503,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBDB

secondary

#AE5A4A

accent

#3B20C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBDB

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

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