#78D8CD#78D8CD

#78D8CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.093 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8CD
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(173, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -31.02, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 31.21, 186.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0924 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.093 186)
XYZ	xyz(43.3166, 57.5091, 66.5635)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8CD #D87883

analogous

#78D89D #78D8CD #78B3D8

triadic

#78D8CD #CD78D8 #D8CD78

tetradic

#78D8CD #9D78D8 #D87883 #B3D878

square

#78D8CD #9D78D8 #D87883 #B3D878

split-complementary

#78D8CD #D878B3 #D89D78

monochromatic

#30A698 #49CABB #78D8CD #A7E6DF #D7F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#78D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#78D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8CD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8CD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.093 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4dc',
    500: '#78d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8cd;
$custom-light: #a5e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.125,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82011,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.57513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8CD

secondary

#A94B56

accent

#2335C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8CD

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

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