#78CEDB#78CEDB

#78CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.085 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEDB
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -22.62, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 26.90, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0751 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.085 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5984, 53.2468, 75.0370)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEDB #DB8578

analogous

#78DBB7 #78CEDB #789DDB

triadic

#78CEDB #DB78CE #CEDB78

tetradic

#78CEDB #B778DB #DB8578 #9DDB78

square

#78CEDB #B778DB #DB8578 #9DDB78

split-complementary

#78CEDB #DB789D #DBB778

monochromatic

#2E9BAB #48BCCE #78CEDB #A8E0E8 #D9F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#78CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEDB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEDB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.085 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde6',
    500: '#78cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cedb;
$custom-light: #a5dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80182,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEDB

secondary

#AE574A

accent

#3620C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEDB

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

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