#78D8CB#78D8CB

#78D8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.093 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8CB
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -31.50, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 31.60, 184.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0932 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.094 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0768, 57.4132, 65.3002)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8CB #D87885

analogous

#78D89B #78D8CB #78B5D8

triadic

#78D8CB #CB78D8 #D8CB78

tetradic

#78D8CB #9B78D8 #D87885 #B5D878

square

#78D8CB #9B78D8 #D87885 #B5D878

split-complementary

#78D8CB #D878B5 #D89B78

monochromatic

#30A696 #49CAB9 #78D8CB #A7E6DD #D7F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#78D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#78D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8CB

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8CB	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.093 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4e4da',
    500: '#78d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8cb;
$custom-light: #a4e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.875,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8195,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8CB

secondary

#A94B58

accent

#2338C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8CB

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

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