#78CDCD#78CDCD

#78CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.083 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCD
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -25.69, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 26.93, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0796 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.083 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5923, 52.0604, 65.6554)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCD #CD7878

analogous

#78CDA2 #78CDCD #78A2CD

triadic

#78CDCD #CD78CD #CDCD78

tetradic

#78CDCD #A278CD #CD7878 #A2CD78

square

#78CDCD #A278CD #CD7878 #A2CD78

split-complementary

#78CDCD #CD78A2 #CDA278

monochromatic

#379494 #4BBCBC #78CDCD #A5DEDE #D1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#78CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCD

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCD	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.083 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcdc',
    500: '#78cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdcd;
$custom-light: #a4dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7948,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCD

secondary

#9A4F4F

accent

#2C2CB9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCD

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

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