#78DCDC#78DCDC

#78DCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.094 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCDC
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -29.24, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 30.62, 197.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0907 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.094 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2521, 60.3429, 76.9063)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCDC #DC7878

analogous

#78DCAA #78DCDC #78AADC

triadic

#78DCDC #DC78DC #DCDC78

tetradic

#78DCDC #AA78DC #DC7878 #AADC78

square

#78DCDC #AA78DC #DC7878 #AADC78

split-complementary

#78DCDC #DC78AA #DCAA78

monochromatic

#2DADAD #47CFCF #78DCDC #A9E9E9 #D9F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#78DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCDC

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCDC	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.094 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7e6',
    500: '#78dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcdc;
$custom-light: #a6e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83405,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCDC

secondary

#AF4949

accent

#1F1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCDC

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

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