#78D5CC#78D5CC

#78D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.090 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5CC
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -29.83, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 30.12, 188.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0893 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.09 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4348, 55.9379, 65.6760)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5CC #D57881

analogous

#78D59E #78D5CC #78AFD5

triadic

#78D5CC #CC78D5 #D5CC78

tetradic

#78D5CC #9E78D5 #D57881 #AFD578

square

#78D5CC #9E78D5 #D57881 #AFD578

split-complementary

#78D5CC #D578AF #D59E78

monochromatic

#32A196 #49C6BA #78D5CC #A7E4DE #D5F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#78D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5CC

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5CC	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.090 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2db',
    500: '#78d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5cc;
$custom-light: #a4e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81288,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5CC

secondary

#A54C55

accent

#2634C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5CC

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

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