#78D8CA#78D8CA

#78D8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.094 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8CA
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -31.74, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 31.80, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0937 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.094 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9580, 57.3657, 64.6746)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8CA #D87886

analogous

#78D89A #78D8CA #78B6D8

triadic

#78D8CA #CA78D8 #D8CA78

tetradic

#78D8CA #9A78D8 #D87886 #B6D878

square

#78D8CA #9A78D8 #D87886 #B6D878

split-complementary

#78D8CA #D878B6 #D89A78

monochromatic

#30A695 #49CAB7 #78D8CA #A7E6DD #D7F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#78D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#78D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8CA

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8CA	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.094 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4da',
    500: '#78d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8ca;
$custom-light: #a4e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8192,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8CA

secondary

#A94B59

accent

#233AC3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8CA

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

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