#78CDCB#78CDCB

#78CDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.083 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCB
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -26.19, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 27.13, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0805 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.083 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3524, 51.9645, 64.3921)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCB #CD787A

analogous

#78CDA0 #78CDCB #78A4CD

triadic

#78CDCB #CB78CD #CDCB78

tetradic

#78CDCB #A078CD #CD787A #A4CD78

square

#78CDCB #A078CD #CD787A #A4CD78

split-complementary

#78CDCB #CD78A4 #CDA078

monochromatic

#379492 #4BBCBA #78CDCB #A5DEDC #D1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#78CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCB

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCB	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.083 193.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79415,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCB

secondary

#9A4F51

accent

#2C30B9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCB

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

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