#78D6DC#78D6DC

#78D6DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D6DC
RGB	rgb(120, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -26.33, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 28.79, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0839 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7055, 57.2499, 76.3908)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D6DC #DC7E78

analogous

#78DCB0 #78D6DC #78A4DC

triadic

#78D6DC #DC78D6 #D6DC78

tetradic

#78D6DC #B078DC #DC7E78 #A4DC78

square

#78D6DC #B078DC #DC7E78 #A4DC78

split-complementary

#78D6DC #DC78A4 #DCB078

monochromatic

#2DA5AD #47C7CF #78D6DC #A9E5E9 #D9F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#78D6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#78D6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D6DC

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D6DC	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e3e6',
    500: '#78d6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d6dc;
$custom-light: #a5e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82036,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D6DC

secondary

#AF4F49

accent

#291FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D6DC

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

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