#78CECF#78CECF

#78CECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.083 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CECF
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -25.69, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 27.10, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.08 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.083 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0752, 52.6375, 67.0150)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CECF #CF7978

analogous

#78CFA5 #78CECF #78A3CF

triadic

#78CECF #CF78CE #CECF78

tetradic

#78CECF #A578CF #CF7978 #A3CF78

square

#78CECF #A578CF #CF7978 #A3CF78

split-complementary

#78CECF #CF78A3 #CFA578

monochromatic

#369697 #4BBEBF #78CECF #A5DEDF #D2EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#78CECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CECF

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CECF	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.083 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dddd',
    500: '#78cecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cecf;
$custom-light: #a4dddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.69,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CECF

secondary

#9D4F4E

accent

#2C2BBB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CECF

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

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