#78CED0#78CED0

#78CED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.083 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED0
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -25.44, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 27.03, 199.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0796 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.083 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1978, 52.6866, 67.6608)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED0 #D07A78

analogous

#78D0A6 #78CED0 #78A2D0

triadic

#78CED0 #D078CE #CED078

tetradic

#78CED0 #A678D0 #D07A78 #A2D078

square

#78CED0 #A678D0 #D07A78 #A2D078

split-complementary

#78CED0 #D078A2 #D0A678

monochromatic

#359699 #4BBEC0 #78CED0 #A5DEE0 #D3EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#78CED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED0

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED0	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.083 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ddde',
    500: '#78ced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced0;
$custom-light: #a4ddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED0

secondary

#9E504E

accent

#2D2ABC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED0

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

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