#78DCDE#78DCDE

#78DCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.094 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCDE
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(181, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -28.73, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 30.45, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0898 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.094 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5185, 60.4495, 78.3096)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCDE #DE7A78

analogous

#78DEAD #78DCDE #78A9DE

triadic

#78DCDE #DE78DC #DCDE78

tetradic

#78DCDE #AD78DE #DE7A78 #A9DE78

square

#78DCDE #AD78DE #DE7A78 #A9DE78

split-complementary

#78DCDE #DE78A9 #DEAD78

monochromatic

#2BAEB0 #47CFD2 #78DCDE #A9E9EA #DAF6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#78DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#78DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCDE

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCDE	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FE2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.094 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7e8',
    500: '#78dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcde;
$custom-light: #a6e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8347,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCDE

secondary

#B24A48

accent

#201DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCDE

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

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