#78CED8#78CED8

#78CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.084 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED8
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -23.40, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 26.81, 209.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0763 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.084 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2070, 53.0903, 72.9757)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED8 #D88278

analogous

#78D8B2 #78CED8 #789ED8

triadic

#78CED8 #D878CE #CED878

tetradic

#78CED8 #B278D8 #D88278 #9ED878

square

#78CED8 #B278D8 #D88278 #9ED878

split-complementary

#78CED8 #D8789E #D8B278

monochromatic

#3099A6 #49BDCA #78CED8 #A7DFE6 #D7F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#78CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED8

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED8	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.084 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dde4',
    500: '#78ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced8;
$custom-light: #a4dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80078,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED8

secondary

#A9554B

accent

#3323C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED8

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

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