#78DCDB#78DCDB

#78DCDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.094 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCDB
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 219)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -29.49, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 30.72, 196.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0911 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.094 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1200, 60.2901, 76.2109)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCDB #DC7879

analogous

#78DCA9 #78DCDB #78ABDC

triadic

#78DCDB #DB78DC #DCDB78

tetradic

#78DCDB #A978DC #DC7879 #ABDC78

square

#78DCDB #A978DC #DC7879 #ABDC78

split-complementary

#78DCDB #DC78AB #DCA978

monochromatic

#2DADAC #47CFCE #78DCDB #A9E9E8 #D9F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#78DCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCDB

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCDB	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.094 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e7e6',
    500: '#78dcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcdb;
$custom-light: #a5e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83372,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCDB

secondary

#AF494A

accent

#1F21C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCDB

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

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