#78CEC2#78CEC2

#78CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.086 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEC2
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(172, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -28.86, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 28.94, 184.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0854 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.086 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5509, 52.0278, 58.9867)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEC2 #CE7884

analogous

#78CE97 #78CEC2 #78AFCE

triadic

#78CEC2 #C278CE #CEC278

tetradic

#78CEC2 #9778CE #CE7884 #AFCE78

square

#78CEC2 #9778CE #CE7884 #AFCE78

split-complementary

#78CEC2 #CE78AF #CE9778

monochromatic

#369588 #4BBEAE #78CEC2 #A5DED6 #D2EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#78CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEC2

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEC2	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)

#C6C5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.086 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ddd4',
    500: '#78cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cec2;
$custom-light: #a3ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79362,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEC2

secondary

#9B4F59

accent

#2C3FBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#0F1514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEC2

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

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