#78CEDA#78CEDA

#78CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.085 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEDA
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -22.88, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 26.86, 211.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0755 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.085 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4671, 53.1943, 74.3457)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEDA #DA8478

analogous

#78DAB5 #78CEDA #789DDA

triadic

#78CEDA #DA78CE #CEDA78

tetradic

#78CEDA #B578DA #DA8478 #9DDA78

square

#78CEDA #B578DA #DA8478 #9DDA78

split-complementary

#78CEDA #DA789D #DAB578

monochromatic

#2E9AA9 #48BDCD #78CEDA #A8DFE7 #D8F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#78CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEDA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEDA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.085 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde5',
    500: '#78ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceda;
$custom-light: #a5dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80147,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEDA

secondary

#AC564A

accent

#3521C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEDA

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

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