#78D6CA#78D6CA

#78D6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.092 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D6CA
RGB	rgb(120, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -30.79, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 30.91, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0914 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.092 185)
XYZ	xyz(42.4487, 56.3472, 64.5049)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D6CA #D67884

analogous

#78D69B #78D6CA #78B3D6

triadic

#78D6CA #CA78D6 #D6CA78

tetradic

#78D6CA #9B78D6 #D67884 #B3D678

square

#78D6CA #9B78D6 #D67884 #B3D678

split-complementary

#78D6CA #D678B3 #D69B78

monochromatic

#31A294 #49C8B8 #78D6CA #A7E4DC #D6F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#78D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D6CA

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D6CA	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.092 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3da',
    500: '#78d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d6ca;
$custom-light: #a4e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81458,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.5635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D6CA

secondary

#A64C57

accent

#2539C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D6CA

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

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