#78CECC#78CECC

#78CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.084 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CECC
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -26.43, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 27.38, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0812 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.084 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7119, 52.4922, 65.1017)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CECC #CE787A

analogous

#78CEA1 #78CECC #78A5CE

triadic

#78CECC #CC78CE #CECC78

tetradic

#78CECC #A178CE #CE787A #A5CE78

square

#78CECC #A178CE #CE787A #A5CE78

split-complementary

#78CECC #CE78A5 #CEA178

monochromatic

#369593 #4BBEBB #78CECC #A5DEDD #D2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#78CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CECC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CECC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.084 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dddb',
    500: '#78cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cecc;
$custom-light: #a4dddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79677,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CECC

secondary

#9B4F51

accent

#2C2FBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CECC

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

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