#78CED5#78CED5

#78CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.084 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED5
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -24.17, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 26.81, 205.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0775 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.084 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8227, 52.9365, 70.9518)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED5 #D57F78

analogous

#78D5AD #78CED5 #789FD5

triadic

#78CED5 #D578CE #CED578

tetradic

#78CED5 #AD78D5 #D57F78 #9FD578

square

#78CED5 #AD78D5 #D57F78 #9FD578

split-complementary

#78CED5 #D5789F #D5AD78

monochromatic

#3298A1 #49BDC6 #78CED5 #A7DFE4 #D5F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#78CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED5

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED5	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.084 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dde1',
    500: '#78ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced5;
$custom-light: #a4dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED5

secondary

#A5534C

accent

#3126C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED5

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

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