#78D9DD#78D9DD

#78D9DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.092 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9DD
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -27.53, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 29.60, 201.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0869 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.092 199)
XYZ	xyz(45.6046, 58.8355, 77.3458)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9DD #DD7C78

analogous

#78DDAF #78D9DD #78A7DD

triadic

#78D9DD #DD78D9 #D9DD78

tetradic

#78D9DD #AF78DD #DD7C78 #A7DD78

square

#78D9DD #AF78DD #DD7C78 #A7DD78

split-complementary

#78D9DD #DD78A7 #DDAF78

monochromatic

#2CA9AF #47CBD1 #78D9DD #A9E7E9 #DAF5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78D9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#78D9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9DD

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9DD	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.092 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e5e7',
    500: '#78d9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9dd;
$custom-light: #a5e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.376,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82753,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.58839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9DD

secondary

#B14D48

accent

#251EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9DD

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

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