#78D8DB#78D8DB

#78D8DB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.091 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8DB
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -27.56, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 29.42, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0866 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.091 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0828, 58.2156, 75.8651)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8DB #DB7B78

analogous

#78DBAD #78D8DB #78A7DB

triadic

#78D8DB #DB78D8 #D8DB78

tetradic

#78D8DB #AD78DB #DB7B78 #A7DB78

square

#78D8DB #AD78DB #DB7B78 #A7DB78

split-complementary

#78D8DB #DB78A7 #DBAD78

monochromatic

#2EA7AB #48CACE #78D8DB #A8E6E8 #D9F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#78D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#78D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8DB

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8DB	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.091 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e4e6',
    500: '#78d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8db;
$custom-light: #a5e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82458,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8DB

secondary

#AE4D4A

accent

#2520C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8DB

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

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