#78D0CE#78D0CE

#78D0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.085 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0CE
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -26.92, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 27.89, 195.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0827 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.085 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4379, 53.5579, 66.5346)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0CE #D0787A

analogous

#78D0A2 #78D0CE #78A6D0

triadic

#78D0CE #CE78D0 #D0CE78

tetradic

#78D0CE #A278D0 #D0787A #A6D078

square

#78D0CE #A278D0 #D0787A #A6D078

split-complementary

#78D0CE #D078A6 #D0A278

monochromatic

#359996 #4BC0BE #78D0CE #A5E0DE #D3F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78D0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#78D0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0CE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0CE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.085 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4dedc',
    500: '#78d0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0ce;
$custom-light: #a4dedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80201,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0CE

secondary

#9E4E50

accent

#2A2DBC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0CE

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

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