#78CCCE#78CCCE

#78CCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.082 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCCE
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -24.95, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 26.52, 199.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.078 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.082 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4749, 51.6320, 66.2137)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCCE #CE7A78

analogous

#78CEA5 #78CCCE #78A1CE

triadic

#78CCCE #CE78CC #CCCE78

tetradic

#78CCCE #A578CE #CE7A78 #A1CE78

square

#78CCCE #A578CE #CE7A78 #A1CE78

split-complementary

#78CCCE #CE78A1 #CEA578

monochromatic

#369395 #4BBBBE #78CCCE #A5DDDE #D2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78CCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#78CCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCCE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCCE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.082 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dbdc',
    500: '#78ccce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccce;
$custom-light: #a4dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79283,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCCE

secondary

#9B514F

accent

#2F2CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCCE

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

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