#78D5CA#78D5CA

#78D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.091 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5CA
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -30.31, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 30.48, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0902 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.091 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1964, 55.8425, 64.4208)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5CA #D57883

analogous

#78D59B #78D5CA #78B2D5

triadic

#78D5CA #CA78D5 #D5CA78

tetradic

#78D5CA #9B78D5 #D57883 #B2D578

square

#78D5CA #9B78D5 #D57883 #B2D578

split-complementary

#78D5CA #D578B2 #D59B78

monochromatic

#32A194 #49C6B8 #78D5CA #A7E4DC #D5F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#78D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#78D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5CA

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5CA	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.091 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2da',
    500: '#78d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5ca;
$custom-light: #a4e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.903,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81227,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5CA

secondary

#A54C57

accent

#2638C0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5CA

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

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