#78D9E4#78D9E4

#78D9E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.093 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9E4
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -25.73, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 29.43, 209.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0841 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.093 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5567, 59.2163, 82.3602)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9E4 #E48378

analogous

#78E4B9 #78D9E4 #78A3E4

triadic

#78D9E4 #E478D9 #D9E478

tetradic

#78D9E4 #B978E4 #E48378 #A3E478

square

#78D9E4 #B978E4 #E48378 #A3E478

split-complementary

#78D9E4 #E478A3 #E4B978

monochromatic

#26ADBC #45CBDA #78D9E4 #ABE7EE #DEF6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78D9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#78D9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9E4

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9E4	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BE0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.093 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5ec',
    500: '#78d9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9e4;
$custom-light: #a6e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.111,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8299,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9E4

secondary

#BB5145

accent

#2A17CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9E4

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

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