#78CED9#78CED9

#78CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.085 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CED9
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -23.14, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 26.83, 210.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0759 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.085 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3367, 53.1421, 73.6587)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CED9 #D98378

analogous

#78D9B3 #78CED9 #789DD9

triadic

#78CED9 #D978CE #CED978

tetradic

#78CED9 #B378D9 #D98378 #9DD978

square

#78CED9 #B378D9 #D98378 #9DD978

split-complementary

#78CED9 #D9789D #D9B378

monochromatic

#2F9AA7 #48BDCC #78CED9 #A8DFE6 #D8F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#78CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CED9

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CED9	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.085 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dde4',
    500: '#78ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ced9;
$custom-light: #a4dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.804,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80113,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CED9

secondary

#AB554A

accent

#3422C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CED9

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

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