#78CDAD#78CDAD

#78CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.096 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDAD
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(157, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -33.15, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 34.08, 166.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0934 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.096 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1169, 50.6702, 47.3515)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDAD #CD7898

analogous

#78CD82 #78CDAD #78C2CD

triadic

#78CDAD #AD78CD #CDAD78

tetradic

#78CDAD #8278CD #CD7898 #C2CD78

square

#78CDAD #8278CD #CD7898 #C2CD78

split-complementary

#78CDAD #CD78C2 #CD8278

monochromatic

#379471 #4BBC92 #78CDAD #A5DEC8 #D1EEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#78CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDAD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDAD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.096 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcc5',
    500: '#78cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdad;
$custom-light: #a3dcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.412,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78527,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDAD

secondary

#9A4F6B

accent

#2C61B9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1512

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDAD

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

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