#78CDCE#78CDCE

#78CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.083 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCE
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -25.44, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 26.85, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0792 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.083 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7134, 52.1089, 66.2931)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCE #CE7978

analogous

#78CEA4 #78CDCE #78A2CE

triadic

#78CDCE #CE78CD #CDCE78

tetradic

#78CDCE #A478CE #CE7978 #A2CE78

square

#78CDCE #A478CE #CE7978 #A2CE78

split-complementary

#78CDCE #CE78A2 #CEA478

monochromatic

#369495 #4BBCBE #78CDCE #A5DEDE #D2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#78CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCE

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCE	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.083 196.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79512,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCE

secondary

#9B504F

accent

#2D2CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCE

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

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