#78CCC8#78CCC8

#78CCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.082 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCC8
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(177, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -26.44, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 27.11, 192.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0805 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.082 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7599, 51.3460, 62.4480)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCC8 #CC787C

analogous

#78CC9E #78CCC8 #78A6CC

triadic

#78CCC8 #C878CC #CCC878

tetradic

#78CCC8 #9E78CC #CC787C #A6CC78

square

#78CCC8 #9E78CC #CC787C #A6CC78

split-complementary

#78CCC8 #CC78A6 #CC9E78

monochromatic

#37928E #4CBBB6 #78CCC8 #A4DDDA #D1EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78CCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#78CCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCC8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCC8	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)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.082 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dbd8',
    500: '#78ccc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccc8;
$custom-light: #a3dbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCC8

secondary

#994F53

accent

#2D34B8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCC8

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

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