#78DCD8#78DCD8

#78DCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.094 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCD8
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -30.24, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 31.07, 193.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0923 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.094 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7287, 60.1336, 74.1496)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCD8 #DC787C

analogous

#78DCA6 #78DCD8 #78AEDC

triadic

#78DCD8 #D878DC #DCD878

tetradic

#78DCD8 #A678DC #DC787C #AEDC78

square

#78DCD8 #A678DC #DC787C #AEDC78

split-complementary

#78DCD8 #DC78AE #DCA678

monochromatic

#2DADA8 #47CFCA #78DCD8 #A9E9E6 #D9F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#78DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCD8

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCD8	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.094 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7e4',
    500: '#78dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcd8;
$custom-light: #a5e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83276,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCD8

secondary

#AF494D

accent

#1F26C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCD8

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

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