#78CFDB#78CFDB

#78CFDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.086 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CFDB
RGB	rgb(120, 207, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -23.12, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 27.10, 211.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0763 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.086 207)
XYZ	xyz(42.8399, 53.7298, 75.1175)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CFDB #DB8478

analogous

#78DBB6 #78CFDB #789EDB

triadic

#78CFDB #DB78CF #CFDB78

tetradic

#78CFDB #B678DB #DB8478 #9EDB78

square

#78CFDB #B678DB #DB8478 #9EDB78

split-complementary

#78CFDB #DB789E #DBB678

monochromatic

#2E9CAB #48BECE #78CFDB #A8E0E8 #D9F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#78CFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CFDB

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CFDB	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 207, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.086 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dee6',
    500: '#78cfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cfdb;
$custom-light: #a5dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.53733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CFDB

secondary

#AE564A

accent

#3420C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CFDB

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

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