#78CFD8#78CFD8

#78CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.085 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CFD8
RGB	rgb(120, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -23.90, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 27.04, 207.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0775 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.085 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4485, 53.5733, 73.0562)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CFD8 #D88178

analogous

#78D8B1 #78CFD8 #789FD8

triadic

#78CFD8 #D878CF #CFD878

tetradic

#78CFD8 #B178D8 #D88178 #9FD878

square

#78CFD8 #B178D8 #D88178 #9FD878

split-complementary

#78CFD8 #D8789F #D8B178

monochromatic

#309BA6 #49BECA #78CFD8 #A7E0E6 #D7F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#78CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CFD8

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CFD8	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.085 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dee4',
    500: '#78cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cfd8;
$custom-light: #a4dee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80306,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CFD8

secondary

#A9544B

accent

#3223C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CFD8

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

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