#78DAEB#78DAEB

#78DAEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.095 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DAEB
RGB	rgb(120, 218, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -24.38, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 29.87, 215.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0824 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.095 210)
XYZ	xyz(47.8067, 60.1300, 87.6681)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DAEB #EB8978

analogous

#78EBC3 #78DAEB #78A0EB

triadic

#78DAEB #EB78DA #DAEB78

tetradic

#78DAEB #C378EB #EB8978 #A0EB78

square

#78DAEB #C378EB #EB8978 #A0EB78

split-complementary

#78DAEB #EB78A0 #EBC378

monochromatic

#1EB1CB #43CBE3 #78DAEB #ADE9F3 #E3F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#78DAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DAEB

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DAEB	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78daeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 218, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.095 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5f1',
    500: '#78daeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78daeb;
$custom-light: #a6e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78daeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83462,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.60134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DAEB

secondary

#C45644

accent

#2D0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DAEB

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

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