#78CDC8#78CDC8

#78CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.083 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDC8
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -26.93, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 27.50, 191.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0817 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.083 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9984, 51.8229, 62.5275)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDC8 #CD787D

analogous

#78CD9D #78CDC8 #78A7CD

triadic

#78CDC8 #C878CD #CDC878

tetradic

#78CDC8 #9D78CD #CD787D #A7CD78

square

#78CDC8 #9D78CD #CD787D #A7CD78

split-complementary

#78CDC8 #CD78A7 #CD9D78

monochromatic

#37948E #4BBCB6 #78CDC8 #A5DEDA #D1EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#78CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDC8

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDC8	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.083 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcd8',
    500: '#78cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdc8;
$custom-light: #a4dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79318,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDC8

secondary

#9A4F54

accent

#2C35B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDC8

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

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