#78D5DF#78D5DF

#78D5DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.090 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5DF
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -25.06, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 28.48, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0815 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.09 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8541, 56.9056, 78.4179)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5DF #DF8278

analogous

#78DFB5 #78D5DF #78A2DF

triadic

#78D5DF #DF78D5 #D5DF78

tetradic

#78D5DF #B578DF #DF8278 #A2DF78

square

#78D5DF #B578DF #DF8278 #A2DF78

split-complementary

#78D5DF #DF78A2 #DFB578

monochromatic

#2AA5B2 #47C6D3 #78D5DF #A9E4EB #DBF4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#78D5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5DF

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5DF	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.090 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2e9',
    500: '#78d5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5df;
$custom-light: #a5e2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.825,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8191,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5DF

secondary

#B45247

accent

#2D1CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5DF

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

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