#78CCC2#78CCC2

#78CCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.084 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCC2
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 194)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -27.89, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 28.05, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0831 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.084 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0724, 51.0710, 58.8272)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCC2 #CC7882

analogous

#78CC98 #78CCC2 #78ACCC

triadic

#78CCC2 #C278CC #CCC278

tetradic

#78CCC2 #9878CC #CC7882 #ACCC78

square

#78CCC2 #9878CC #CC7882 #ACCC78

split-complementary

#78CCC2 #CC78AC #CC9878

monochromatic

#379287 #4CBBAE #78CCC2 #A4DDD6 #D1EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#78CCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCC2

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCC2	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.084 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcd4',
    500: '#78ccc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccc2;
$custom-light: #a3dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78899,
    "c": 0.08351,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCC2

secondary

#994F58

accent

#2D3EB8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCC2

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

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