#78D0CD#78D0CD

#78D0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.085 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0CD
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 205)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -27.16, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 28.00, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0831 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.085 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3168, 53.5094, 65.8969)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0CD #D0787B

analogous

#78D0A1 #78D0CD #78A7D0

triadic

#78D0CD #CD78D0 #D0CD78

tetradic

#78D0CD #A178D0 #D0787B #A7D078

square

#78D0CD #A178D0 #D0787B #A7D078

split-complementary

#78D0CD #D078A7 #D0A178

monochromatic

#359995 #4BC0BC #78D0CD #A5E0DE #D3F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78D0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#78D0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0CD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0CD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.085 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dedc',
    500: '#78d0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0cd;
$custom-light: #a4dedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.955,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80169,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0CD

secondary

#9E4E51

accent

#2A2FBC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0CD

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

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