#78CECE#78CECE

#78CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.083 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CECE
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -25.94, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 27.19, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0804 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.083 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9533, 52.5888, 66.3731)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CECE #CE7878

analogous

#78CEA3 #78CECE #78A3CE

triadic

#78CECE #CE78CE #CECE78

tetradic

#78CECE #A378CE #CE7878 #A3CE78

square

#78CECE #A378CE #CE7878 #A3CE78

split-complementary

#78CECE #CE78A3 #CEA378

monochromatic

#369595 #4BBEBE #78CECE #A5DEDE #D2EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#78CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CECE

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CECE	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.083 195.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79742,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CECE

secondary

#9B4F4F

accent

#2C2CBA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CECE

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

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