#78CCBC#78CCBC

#78CCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.086 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCBC
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(169, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -29.30, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 29.30, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0856 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.086 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4122, 50.8069, 55.3498)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCBC #CC7888

analogous

#78CC92 #78CCBC #78B2CC

triadic

#78CCBC #BC78CC #CCBC78

tetradic

#78CCBC #9278CC #CC7888 #B2CC78

square

#78CCBC #9278CC #CC7888 #B2CC78

split-complementary

#78CCBC #CC78B2 #CC9278

monochromatic

#379281 #4CBBA6 #78CCBC #A4DDD2 #D1EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#78CCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#78CCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCBC

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCBC	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.086 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcd0',
    500: '#78ccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccbc;
$custom-light: #a3dcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCBC

secondary

#994F5D

accent

#2D48B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCBC

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

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