#78DCDD#78DCDD

#78DCDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.094 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCDD
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(181, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -28.99, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 30.53, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0902 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.094 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3849, 60.3961, 77.6059)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCDD #DD7978

analogous

#78DDAC #78DCDD #78AADD

triadic

#78DCDD #DD78DC #DCDD78

tetradic

#78DCDD #AC78DD #DD7978 #AADD78

square

#78DCDD #AC78DD #DD7978 #AADD78

split-complementary

#78DCDD #DD78AA #DDAC78

monochromatic

#2CADAF #47CFD1 #78DCDD #A9E9E9 #DAF5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#78DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCDD

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCDD	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.094 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7e7',
    500: '#78dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcdd;
$custom-light: #a6e7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.594,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83438,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCDD

secondary

#B14A48

accent

#201EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCDD

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

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