#78CECD#78CECD

#78CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.084 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CECD
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -26.19, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 27.28, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0808 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.084 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8322, 52.5404, 65.7354)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CECD #CE7879

analogous

#78CEA2 #78CECD #78A4CE

triadic

#78CECD #CD78CE #CECD78

tetradic

#78CECD #A278CE #CE7879 #A4CE78

square

#78CECD #A278CE #CE7879 #A4CE78

split-complementary

#78CECD #CE78A4 #CEA278

monochromatic

#369594 #4BBEBC #78CECD #A5DEDE #D2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#78CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CECD

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CECD	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.084 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dddc',
    500: '#78cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cecd;
$custom-light: #a4dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CECD

secondary

#9B4F50

accent

#2C2DBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CECD

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

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