#78D9EC#78D9EC

#78D9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.095 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9EC
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -23.62, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 29.80, 217.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0809 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.095 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6931, 59.6709, 88.3449)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9EC #EC8B78

analogous

#78ECC5 #78D9EC #789FEC

triadic

#78D9EC #EC78D9 #D9EC78

tetradic

#78D9EC #C578EC #EC8B78 #9FEC78

square

#78D9EC #C578EC #EC8B78 #9FEC78

split-complementary

#78D9EC #EC789F #ECC578

monochromatic

#1DB0CD #42CAE4 #78D9EC #AEE8F4 #E3F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78D9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#78D9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9EC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9EC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.095 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5f2',
    500: '#78d9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9ec;
$custom-light: #a6e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.828,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83272,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9EC

secondary

#C55943

accent

#2F0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9EC

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

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