#78DCE4#78DCE4

#78DCE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.094 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCE4
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -27.20, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 30.15, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0874 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.094 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3370, 60.7769, 82.6203)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCE4 #E48078

analogous

#78E4B6 #78DCE4 #78A6E4

triadic

#78DCE4 #E478DC #DCE478

tetradic

#78DCE4 #B678E4 #E48078 #A6E478

square

#78DCE4 #B678E4 #E48078 #A6E478

split-complementary

#78DCE4 #E478A6 #E4B678

monochromatic

#26B1BC #45CFDA #78DCE4 #ABE9EE #DEF6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#78DCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#78DCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCE4

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCE4	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AE3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.094 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7ec',
    500: '#78dce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dce4;
$custom-light: #a6e7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83671,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCE4

secondary

#BB4E45

accent

#2517CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCE4

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

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