#78CDCC#78CDCC

#78CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.083 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCC
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -25.94, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 27.03, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.08 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.083 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4720, 52.0123, 65.0217)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCC #CD7879

analogous

#78CDA1 #78CDCC #78A3CD

triadic

#78CDCC #CC78CD #CDCC78

tetradic

#78CDCC #A178CD #CD7879 #A3CD78

square

#78CDCC #A178CD #CD7879 #A3CD78

split-complementary

#78CDCC #CD78A3 #CDA178

monochromatic

#379493 #4BBCBB #78CDCC #A5DEDD #D1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#78CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.083 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcdb',
    500: '#78cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdcc;
$custom-light: #a4dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79447,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCC

secondary

#9A4F50

accent

#2C2EB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCC

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

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