#78CDCF#78CDCF

#78CDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.083 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDCF
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -25.19, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 26.78, 199.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0788 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.083 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8352, 52.1576, 66.9350)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDCF #CF7A78

analogous

#78CFA6 #78CDCF #78A2CF

triadic

#78CDCF #CF78CD #CDCF78

tetradic

#78CDCF #A678CF #CF7A78 #A2CF78

square

#78CDCF #A678CF #CF7A78 #A2CF78

split-complementary

#78CDCF #CF78A2 #CFA678

monochromatic

#369597 #4BBCBF #78CDCF #A5DEDF #D2EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#78CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDCF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDCF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.083 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dcdd',
    500: '#78cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdcf;
$custom-light: #a4dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.379,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDCF

secondary

#9D504E

accent

#2E2BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDCF

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

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