#78CEDD#78CEDD

#78CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.086 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEDD
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(189, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -22.10, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 27.01, 215.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0743 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.086 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8632, 53.3528, 76.4320)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEDD #DD8778

analogous

#78DDBA #78CEDD #789CDD

triadic

#78CEDD #DD78CE #CEDD78

tetradic

#78CEDD #BA78DD #DD8778 #9CDD78

square

#78CEDD #BA78DD #DD8778 #9CDD78

split-complementary

#78CEDD #DD789C #DDBA78

monochromatic

#2C9BAF #47BCD1 #78CEDD #A9E0E9 #DAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#78CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEDD

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEDD	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.086 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dde7',
    500: '#78cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cedd;
$custom-light: #a5dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.911,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEDD

secondary

#B15848

accent

#371EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEDD

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

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