#78CDAE#78CDAE

#78CDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.095 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDAE
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(158, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(158, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -32.93, 7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 33.76, 167.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.093 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.095 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2140, 50.7091, 47.8630)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDAE #CD7897

analogous

#78CD83 #78CDAE #78C1CD

triadic

#78CDAE #AE78CD #CDAE78

tetradic

#78CDAE #8378CD #CD7897 #C1CD78

square

#78CDAE #8378CD #CD7897 #C1CD78

split-complementary

#78CDAE #CD78C1 #CD8378

monochromatic

#379472 #4BBC93 #78CDAE #A5DEC9 #D1EEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#78CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#78CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDAE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDAE	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.095 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcc6',
    500: '#78cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdae;
$custom-light: #a3dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.118,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78554,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDAE

secondary

#9A4F6A

accent

#2C60B9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDAE

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

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