#78D5CB#78D5CB

#78D5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.090 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5CB
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -30.07, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 30.30, 187.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0898 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.09 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3152, 55.8901, 65.0463)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5CB #D57882

analogous

#78D59C #78D5CB #78B1D5

triadic

#78D5CB #CB78D5 #D5CB78

tetradic

#78D5CB #9C78D5 #D57882 #B1D578

square

#78D5CB #9C78D5 #D57882 #B1D578

split-complementary

#78D5CB #D578B1 #D59C78

monochromatic

#32A195 #49C6B9 #78D5CB #A7E4DD #D5F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#78D5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5CB

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5CB	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.090 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2da',
    500: '#78d5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5cb;
$custom-light: #a4e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.548,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81257,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5CB

secondary

#A54C56

accent

#2636C0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5CB

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

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