#78CEDC#78CEDC

#78CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.085 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEDC
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -22.36, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 26.95, 213.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0747 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.085 209)
XYZ	xyz(42.7304, 53.2996, 75.7324)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEDC #DC8678

analogous

#78DCB8 #78CEDC #789CDC

triadic

#78CEDC #DC78CE #CEDC78

tetradic

#78CEDC #B878DC #DC8678 #9CDC78

square

#78CEDC #B878DC #DC8678 #9CDC78

split-complementary

#78CEDC #DC789C #DCB878

monochromatic

#2D9BAD #47BCCF #78CEDC #A9E0E9 #D9F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#78CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEDC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEDC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.085 209.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.53303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEDC

secondary

#AF5749

accent

#361FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEDC

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

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