#78DCCE#78DCCE

#78DCCE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.097 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCCE
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 206)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(172, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -32.68, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 32.75, 183.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0965 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.097 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4750, 59.6321, 67.5470)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCCE #DC7886

analogous

#78DC9C #78DCCE #78B8DC

triadic

#78DCCE #CE78DC #DCCE78

tetradic

#78DCCE #9C78DC #DC7886 #B8DC78

square

#78DCCE #9C78DC #DC7886 #B8DC78

split-complementary

#78DCCE #DC78B8 #DC9C78

monochromatic

#2DAD9B #47CFBC #78DCCE #A9E9E0 #D9F5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78DCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#78DCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCCE

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCCE	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.097 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7dc',
    500: '#78dcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcce;
$custom-light: #a5e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82966,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCCE

secondary

#AF4957

accent

#1F36C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCCE

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

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