#78CED3#78CED3

#78CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.084 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED3
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(183, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -24.68, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 26.87, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0783 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.084 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5704, 52.8356, 69.6231)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED3 #D37D78

analogous

#78D3AB #78CED3 #78A0D3

triadic

#78CED3 #D378CE #CED378

tetradic

#78CED3 #AB78D3 #D37D78 #A0D378

square

#78CED3 #AB78D3 #D37D78 #A0D378

split-complementary

#78CED3 #D378A0 #D3AB78

monochromatic

#33979D #4ABDC4 #78CED3 #A6DFE2 #D4F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#78CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED3

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED3	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CD4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.084 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dde0',
    500: '#78ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced3;
$custom-light: #a4dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.297,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79908,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED3

secondary

#A2524D

accent

#3027BE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED3

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

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