#78DCD4#78DCD4

#78DCD4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.095 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCD4
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(175, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -31.22, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 31.65, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.094 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.095 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2178, 59.9292, 71.4593)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCD4 #DC7880

analogous

#78DCA2 #78DCD4 #78B2DC

triadic

#78DCD4 #D478DC #DCD478

tetradic

#78DCD4 #A278DC #DC7880 #B2DC78

square

#78DCD4 #A278DC #DC7880 #B2DC78

split-complementary

#78DCD4 #DC78B2 #DCA278

monochromatic

#2DADA3 #47CFC5 #78DCD4 #A9E9E3 #D9F5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#78DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCD4

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCD4	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.095 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7e1',
    500: '#78dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcd4;
$custom-light: #a5e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8315,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCD4

secondary

#AF4951

accent

#1F2CC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCD4

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

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