#78D6CD#78D6CD

#78D6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.091 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D6CD
RGB	rgb(120, 214, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -30.07, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 30.37, 188.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0901 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.091 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8074, 56.4906, 66.3938)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D6CD #D67881

analogous

#78D69E #78D6CD #78B0D6

triadic

#78D6CD #CD78D6 #D6CD78

tetradic

#78D6CD #9E78D6 #D67881 #B0D678

square

#78D6CD #9E78D6 #D67881 #B0D678

split-complementary

#78D6CD #D678B0 #D69E78

monochromatic

#31A297 #49C8BC #78D6CD #A7E4DE #D6F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#78D6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D6CD

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D6CD	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 214, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.091 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3dc',
    500: '#78d6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d6cd;
$custom-light: #a4e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.255,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8155,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D6CD

secondary

#A64C54

accent

#2534C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D6CD

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

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