#78D5CD#78D5CD

#78D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.090 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5CD
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -29.59, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 29.95, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0889 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.09 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5551, 55.9860, 66.3097)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5CD #D57880

analogous

#78D59F #78D5CD #78AED5

triadic

#78D5CD #CD78D5 #D5CD78

tetradic

#78D5CD #9F78D5 #D57880 #AED578

square

#78D5CD #9F78D5 #D57880 #AED578

split-complementary

#78D5CD #D578AE #D59F78

monochromatic

#32A197 #49C6BC #78D5CD #A7E4DE #D5F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#78D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5CD

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5CD	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.090 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2dc',
    500: '#78d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5cd;
$custom-light: #a4e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81319,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5CD

secondary

#A54C54

accent

#2633C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5CD

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

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