#78CDC2#78CDC2

#78CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.085 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDC2
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(172, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -28.37, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 28.49, 185.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0843 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.085 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3109, 51.5479, 58.9067)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDC2 #CD7883

analogous

#78CD97 #78CDC2 #78ADCD

triadic

#78CDC2 #C278CD #CDC278

tetradic

#78CDC2 #9778CD #CD7883 #ADCD78

square

#78CDC2 #9778CD #CD7883 #ADCD78

split-complementary

#78CDC2 #CD78AD #CD9778

monochromatic

#379488 #4BBCAE #78CDC2 #A5DED6 #D1EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#78CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDC2

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDC2	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)

#C5C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.085 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3dcd4',
    500: '#78cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdc2;
$custom-light: #a3dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79131,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDC2

secondary

#9A4F59

accent

#2C3FB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDC2

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

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