#78DCEF#78DCEF

#78DCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.097 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCEF
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -24.31, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 30.45, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0831 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.097 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9129, 61.4073, 90.9198)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCEF #EF8B78

analogous

#78EFC7 #78DCEF #78A0EF

triadic

#78DCEF #EF78DC #DCEF78

tetradic

#78DCEF #C778EF #EF8B78 #A0EF78

square

#78DCEF #C778EF #EF8B78 #A0EF78

split-complementary

#78DCEF #EF78A0 #EFC778

monochromatic

#19B6D4 #41CEE9 #78DCEF #AFEAF5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#78DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#78DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCEF

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCEF	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DE4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.097 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f4',
    500: '#78dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcef;
$custom-light: #a7e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.58,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84055,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCEF

secondary

#C95843

accent

#2C0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCEF

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

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