#78DCED#78DCED

#78DCED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.097 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCED
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -24.84, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 30.31, 214.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0839 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.097 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6190, 61.2897, 89.3723)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCED #ED8978

analogous

#78EDC4 #78DCED #78A1ED

triadic

#78DCED #ED78DC #DCED78

tetradic

#78DCED #C478ED #ED8978 #A1ED78

square

#78DCED #C478ED #ED8978 #A1ED78

split-complementary

#78DCED #ED78A1 #EDC478

monochromatic

#1CB5CF #42CEE6 #78DCED #AEEAF4 #E4F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#78DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#78DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCED

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCED	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.097 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f2',
    500: '#78dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dced;
$custom-light: #a7e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.718,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83984,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCED

secondary

#C65643

accent

#2A0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCED

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

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