#78DCDF#78DCDF

#78DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.094 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCDF
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -28.48, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 30.38, 200.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0894 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.094 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6529, 60.5033, 79.0176)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCDF #DF7B78

analogous

#78DFAF #78DCDF #78A8DF

triadic

#78DCDF #DF78DC #DCDF78

tetradic

#78DCDF #AF78DF #DF7B78 #A8DF78

square

#78DCDF #AF78DF #DF7B78 #A8DF78

split-complementary

#78DCDF #DF78A8 #DFAF78

monochromatic

#2AAEB2 #47CFD3 #78DCDF #A9E9EB #DBF6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#78DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#78DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCDF

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCDF	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FE2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.094 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7e9',
    500: '#78dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcdf;
$custom-light: #a6e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.748,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83504,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCDF

secondary

#B44B47

accent

#211CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCDF

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

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