#78CEAE#78CEAE

#78CEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.096 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEAE
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(158, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(158, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -33.40, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 34.31, 166.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0941 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.096 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4540, 51.1890, 47.9430)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEAE #CE7898

analogous

#78CE83 #78CEAE #78C3CE

triadic

#78CEAE #AE78CE #CEAE78

tetradic

#78CEAE #8378CE #CE7898 #C3CE78

square

#78CEAE #8378CE #CE7898 #C3CE78

split-complementary

#78CEAE #CE78C3 #CE8378

monochromatic

#369572 #4BBE93 #78CEAE #A5DEC9 #D2EFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#78CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEAE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEAE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ECFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.096 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddc6',
    500: '#78ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceae;
$custom-light: #a3ddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.674,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78789,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEAE

secondary

#9B4F6B

accent

#2C61BA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F6FCF9

border

#D0D5D2

text

#0F1513

muted

#808482

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEAE

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

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