#78DCE5#78DCE5

#78DCE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.095 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCE5
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -26.94, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 30.13, 206.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.087 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.095 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4762, 60.8326, 83.3535)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCE5 #E58178

analogous

#78E5B7 #78DCE5 #78A5E5

triadic

#78DCE5 #E578DC #DCE578

tetradic

#78DCE5 #B778E5 #E58178 #A5E578

square

#78DCE5 #B778E5 #E58178 #A5E578

split-complementary

#78DCE5 #E578A5 #E5B778

monochromatic

#25B1BE #45CFDB #78DCE5 #ABE9EF #DFF7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#78DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#78DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCE5

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCE5	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.095 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e7ed',
    500: '#78dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dce5;
$custom-light: #a6e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.954,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83705,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCE5

secondary

#BD4F45

accent

#2516D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCE5

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

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