#78D4DB#78D4DB

#78D4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.088 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4DB
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -25.60, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 28.28, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.082 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.088 202)
XYZ	xyz(44.0705, 56.1910, 75.5277)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4DB #DB7F78

analogous

#78DBB1 #78D4DB #78A3DB

triadic

#78D4DB #DB78D4 #D4DB78

tetradic

#78D4DB #B178DB #DB7F78 #A3DB78

square

#78D4DB #B178DB #DB7F78 #A3DB78

split-complementary

#78D4DB #DB78A3 #DBB178

monochromatic

#2EA2AB #48C5CE #78D4DB #A8E3E8 #D9F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#78D4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4DB

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4DB	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.088 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1e6',
    500: '#78d4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4db;
$custom-light: #a5e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.242,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81546,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.56195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4DB

secondary

#AE514A

accent

#2C20C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4DB

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

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