#78DBDB#78DBDB

#78DBDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.093 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBDB
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -29.01, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 30.38, 197.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0899 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.093 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8584, 59.7668, 76.1236)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBDB #DB7878

analogous

#78DBAA #78DBDB #78AADB

triadic

#78DBDB #DB78DB #DBDB78

tetradic

#78DBDB #AA78DB #DB7878 #AADB78

square

#78DBDB #AA78DB #DB7878 #AADB78

split-complementary

#78DBDB #DB78AA #DBAA78

monochromatic

#2EABAB #48CECE #78DBDB #A8E8E8 #D9F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#78DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBDB

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBDB	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.093 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e6e6',
    500: '#78dbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dbdb;
$custom-light: #a5e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83144,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBDB

secondary

#AE4A4A

accent

#2020C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBDB

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

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