#78D7CA#78D7CA

#78D7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.093 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D7CA
RGB	rgb(120, 215, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -31.27, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 31.35, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0925 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.093 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7026, 56.8549, 64.5895)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D7CA #D77885

analogous

#78D79A #78D7CA #78B5D7

triadic

#78D7CA #CA78D7 #D7CA78

tetradic

#78D7CA #9A78D7 #D77885 #B5D778

square

#78D7CA #9A78D7 #D77885 #B5D778

split-complementary

#78D7CA #D778B5 #D79A78

monochromatic

#31A494 #49C9B7 #78D7CA #A7E5DD #D6F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#78D7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D7CA

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D7CA	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 215, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.093 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e3da',
    500: '#78d7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d7ca;
$custom-light: #a4e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.789,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D7CA

secondary

#A84B58

accent

#2439C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D7CA

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

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