#78D4E4#78D4E4

#78D4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.091 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E4
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -23.26, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 28.46, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0784 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.091 210)
XYZ	xyz(45.2874, 56.6778, 81.9371)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E4 #E48878

analogous

#78E4BE #78D4E4 #789EE4

triadic

#78D4E4 #E478D4 #D4E478

tetradic

#78D4E4 #BE78E4 #E48878 #9EE478

square

#78D4E4 #BE78E4 #E48878 #9EE478

split-complementary

#78D4E4 #E4789E #E4BE78

monochromatic

#26A6BC #45C4DA #78D4E4 #ABE4EE #DEF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#78D4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E4

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E4	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DDCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.091 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e1ec',
    500: '#78d4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e4;
$custom-light: #a5e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.56681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E4

secondary

#BB5645

accent

#3217CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E4

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

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