#78CED4#78CED4

#78CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.084 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED4
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -24.43, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 26.83, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0779 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.084 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6962, 52.8859, 70.2854)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED4 #D47E78

analogous

#78D4AC #78CED4 #78A0D4

triadic

#78CED4 #D478CE #CED478

tetradic

#78CED4 #AC78D4 #D47E78 #A0D478

square

#78CED4 #AC78D4 #D47E78 #A0D478

split-complementary

#78CED4 #D478A0 #D4AC78

monochromatic

#33989F #4ABDC5 #78CED4 #A6DFE3 #D5F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#78CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED4

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED4	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.084 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dde1',
    500: '#78ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced4;
$custom-light: #a4dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79941,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED4

secondary

#A4524D

accent

#3026BF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED4

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

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