#78CDBA#78CDBA

#78CDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.088 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDBA
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(167, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -30.25, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 30.28, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0877 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.088 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4365, 51.1981, 54.3017)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDBA #CD788B

analogous

#78CD8F #78CDBA #78B5CD

triadic

#78CDBA #BA78CD #CDBA78

tetradic

#78CDBA #8F78CD #CD788B #B5CD78

square

#78CDBA #8F78CD #CD788B #B5CD78

split-complementary

#78CDBA #CD78B5 #CD8F78

monochromatic

#37947F #4BBCA3 #78CDBA #A5DED1 #D1EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#78CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDBA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDBA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.088 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcce',
    500: '#78cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdba;
$custom-light: #a3dcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDBA

secondary

#9A4F60

accent

#2C4CB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1513

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDBA

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

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