#78DBDC#78DBDC

#78DBDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.093 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBDC
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -28.76, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 30.29, 198.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0895 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.093 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9904, 59.8196, 76.8191)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBDC #DC7978

analogous

#78DCAB #78DBDC #78A9DC

triadic

#78DBDC #DC78DB #DBDC78

tetradic

#78DBDC #AB78DC #DC7978 #A9DC78

square

#78DBDC #AB78DC #DC7978 #A9DC78

split-complementary

#78DBDC #DC78A9 #DCAB78

monochromatic

#2DACAD #47CECF #78DBDC #A9E8E9 #D9F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78DBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#78DBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBDC

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBDC	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.093 196.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83176,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBDC

secondary

#AF4A49

accent

#211FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBDC

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

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