#78DBEE#78DBEE

#78DBEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.097 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBEE
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -24.08, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 30.23, 217.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0824 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.097 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5039, 60.8250, 90.0567)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBEE #EE8B78

analogous

#78EEC6 #78DBEE #78A0EE

triadic

#78DBEE #EE78DB #DBEE78

tetradic

#78DBEE #C678EE #EE8B78 #A0EE78

square

#78DBEE #C678EE #EE8B78 #A0EE78

split-complementary

#78DBEE #EE78A0 #EEC678

monochromatic

#1AB4D1 #42CDE7 #78DBEE #AEE9F5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#78DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#78DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBEE

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBEE	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FE3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.097 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e6f3',
    500: '#78dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dbee;
$custom-light: #a7e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83794,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBEE

secondary

#C75843

accent

#2D0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBEE

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

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