#78D9E5#78D9E5

#78D9E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.093 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9E5
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -25.47, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 29.44, 210.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0837 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.093 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6959, 59.2720, 83.0934)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9E5 #E58478

analogous

#78E5BB #78D9E5 #78A2E5

triadic

#78D9E5 #E578D9 #D9E578

tetradic

#78D9E5 #BB78E5 #E58478 #A2E578

square

#78D9E5 #BB78E5 #E58478 #A2E578

split-complementary

#78D9E5 #E578A2 #E5BB78

monochromatic

#25ADBE #45CBDB #78D9E5 #ABE7EF #DFF6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#78D9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#78D9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9E5

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9E5	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AE0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.093 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5ed',
    500: '#78d9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9e5;
$custom-light: #a6e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.606,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83025,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9E5

secondary

#BD5245

accent

#2A16D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9E5

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

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