#78CEC8#78CEC8

#78CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.084 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEC8
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -27.41, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 27.90, 190.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0829 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.084 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2383, 52.3028, 62.6074)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEC8 #CE787E

analogous

#78CE9D #78CEC8 #78A9CE

triadic

#78CEC8 #C878CE #CEC878

tetradic

#78CEC8 #9D78CE #CE787E #A9CE78

square

#78CEC8 #9D78CE #CE787E #A9CE78

split-complementary

#78CEC8 #CE78A9 #CE9D78

monochromatic

#36958F #4BBEB6 #78CEC8 #A5DEDA #D2EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#78CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEC8

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEC8	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.084 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddd8',
    500: '#78cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cec8;
$custom-light: #a4ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79549,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEC8

secondary

#9B4F54

accent

#2C35BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEC8

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

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