#78DBCE#78DBCE

#78DBCE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.096 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBCE
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 206)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -32.20, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 32.31, 184.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0954 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.096 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2133, 59.1088, 67.4598)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBCE #DB7885

analogous

#78DB9D #78DBCE #78B7DB

triadic

#78DBCE #CE78DB #DBCE78

tetradic

#78DBCE #9D78DB #DB7885 #B7DB78

square

#78DBCE #9D78DB #DB7885 #B7DB78

split-complementary

#78DBCE #DB78B7 #DB9D78

monochromatic

#2EAB9B #48CEBC #78DBCE #A8E8E0 #D9F5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78DBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#78DBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBCE

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBCE	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.096 184.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.121,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82735,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBCE

secondary

#AE4A57

accent

#2036C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBCE

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

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