#78DBCD#78DBCD

#78DBCD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.096 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBCD
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 205)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -32.44, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 32.52, 183.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0958 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.096 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0922, 59.0603, 66.8220)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBCD #DB7886

analogous

#78DB9C #78DBCD #78B8DB

triadic

#78DBCD #CD78DB #DBCD78

tetradic

#78DBCD #9C78DB #DB7886 #B8DB78

square

#78DBCD #9C78DB #DB7886 #B8DB78

split-complementary

#78DBCD #DB78B8 #DB9C78

monochromatic

#2EAB99 #48CEBB #78DBCD #A8E8DF #D9F5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78DBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#78DBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBCD

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBCD	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.096 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e6dc',
    500: '#78dbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dbcd;
$custom-light: #a5e6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.515,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82704,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBCD

secondary

#AE4A58

accent

#2037C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBCD

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

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