#78D5CE#78D5CE

#78D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.090 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5CE
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -29.34, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 29.80, 190.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0885 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.09 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6762, 56.0344, 66.9474)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5CE #D5787F

analogous

#78D59F #78D5CE #78ADD5

triadic

#78D5CE #CE78D5 #D5CE78

tetradic

#78D5CE #9F78D5 #D5787F #ADD578

square

#78D5CE #9F78D5 #D5787F #ADD578

split-complementary

#78D5CE #D578AD #D59F78

monochromatic

#32A198 #49C6BD #78D5CE #A7E4DF #D5F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#78D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5CE

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5CE	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.090 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e2dc',
    500: '#78d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5ce;
$custom-light: #a4e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.484,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5CE

secondary

#A54C53

accent

#2631C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5CE

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

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