#78CDCA#78CDCA

#78CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.083 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCA
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -26.44, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 27.24, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0809 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.083 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2336, 51.9170, 63.7665)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCA #CD787B

analogous

#78CD9F #78CDCA #78A5CD

triadic

#78CDCA #CA78CD #CDCA78

tetradic

#78CDCA #9F78CD #CD787B #A5CD78

square

#78CDCA #9F78CD #CD787B #A5CD78

split-complementary

#78CDCA #CD78A5 #CD9F78

monochromatic

#379491 #4BBCB8 #78CDCA #A5DEDC #D1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#78CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCA

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCA	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.083 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcda',
    500: '#78cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdca;
$custom-light: #a4dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79382,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCA

secondary

#9A4F52

accent

#2C31B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCA

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

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