#78D4E5#78D4E5

#78D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.091 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E5
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -22.99, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 28.53, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.078 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.091 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4267, 56.7334, 82.6703)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E5 #E58978

analogous

#78E5BF #78D4E5 #789DE5

triadic

#78D4E5 #E578D4 #D4E578

tetradic

#78D4E5 #BF78E5 #E58978 #9DE578

square

#78D4E5 #BF78E5 #E58978 #9DE578

split-complementary

#78D4E5 #E5789D #E5BF78

monochromatic

#25A6BE #45C4DB #78D4E5 #ABE4EF #DFF5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#78D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E5

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E5	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CDCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.091 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ed',
    500: '#78d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e5;
$custom-light: #a6e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81894,
    "c": 0.09088,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E5

secondary

#BD5745

accent

#3316D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E5

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

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