#78D4E3#78D4E3

#78D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.090 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E3
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -23.52, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 28.40, 214.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0788 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.09 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1490, 56.6224, 81.2082)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E3 #E38778

analogous

#78E3BC #78D4E3 #789EE3

triadic

#78D4E3 #E378D4 #D4E378

tetradic

#78D4E3 #BC78E3 #E38778 #9EE378

square

#78D4E3 #BC78E3 #E38778 #9EE378

split-complementary

#78D4E3 #E3789E #E3BC78

monochromatic

#27A5BA #45C4D8 #78D4E3 #ABE4EE #DDF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#78D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E3

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E3	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.090 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1eb',
    500: '#78d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e3;
$custom-light: #a5e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81823,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E3

secondary

#BA5545

accent

#3118CD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E3

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

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