#78CECB#78CECB

#78CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.084 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CECB
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -26.68, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 27.50, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0816 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.084 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5924, 52.4444, 64.4721)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CECB #CE787B

analogous

#78CEA0 #78CECB #78A6CE

triadic

#78CECB #CB78CE #CECB78

tetradic

#78CECB #A078CE #CE787B #A6CE78

square

#78CECB #A078CE #CE787B #A6CE78

split-complementary

#78CECB #CE78A6 #CEA078

monochromatic

#369592 #4BBEBA #78CECB #A5DEDC #D2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#78CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CECB

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CECB	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.084 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddda',
    500: '#78cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cecb;
$custom-light: #a4ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CECB

secondary

#9B4F51

accent

#2C30BA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CECB

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

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