#78CCCC#78CCCC

#78CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.082 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCCC
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -25.45, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 26.68, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0789 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.082 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2335, 51.5354, 64.9422)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCCC #CC7878

analogous

#78CCA2 #78CCCC #78A2CC

triadic

#78CCCC #CC78CC #CCCC78

tetradic

#78CCCC #A278CC #CC7878 #A2CC78

square

#78CCCC #A278CC #CC7878 #A2CC78

split-complementary

#78CCCC #CC78A2 #CCA278

monochromatic

#379292 #4CBBBB #78CCCC #A4DDDD #D1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#78CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCCC

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCCC	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.082 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdb',
    500: '#78cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cccc;
$custom-light: #a4dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79217,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCCC

secondary

#994F4F

accent

#2D2DB8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCCC

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

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