#78D4E2#78D4E2

#78D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.090 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E2
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -23.78, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 28.35, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0792 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.09 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0114, 56.5673, 80.4834)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E2 #E28678

analogous

#78E2BB #78D4E2 #789FE2

triadic

#78D4E2 #E278D4 #D4E278

tetradic

#78D4E2 #BB78E2 #E28678 #9FE278

square

#78D4E2 #BB78E2 #E28678 #9FE278

split-complementary

#78D4E2 #E2789F #E2BB78

monochromatic

#28A5B8 #46C4D7 #78D4E2 #AAE4ED #DDF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#78D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E2

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E2	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.090 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1eb',
    500: '#78d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e2;
$custom-light: #a5e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E2

secondary

#B95546

accent

#3119CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E2

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

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