#78D8EA#78D8EA

#78D8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8EA
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -23.66, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 29.50, 216.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0806 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1472, 59.0413, 86.7375)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8EA #EA8A78

analogous

#78EAC3 #78D8EA #789FEA

triadic

#78D8EA #EA78D8 #D8EA78

tetradic

#78D8EA #C378EA #EA8A78 #9FEA78

square

#78D8EA #C378EA #EA8A78 #9FEA78

split-complementary

#78D8EA #EA789F #EAC378

monochromatic

#1FAEC8 #43C9E2 #78D8EA #ADE7F2 #E2F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#78D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8EA

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8EA	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e4f0',
    500: '#78d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8ea;
$custom-light: #a6e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82975,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8EA

secondary

#C25844

accent

#2F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8EA

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

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