#78DDEE#78DDEE

#78DDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.097 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DDEE
RGB	rgb(120, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -25.07, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 30.53, 214.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0846 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.097 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0288, 61.8748, 90.2317)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DDEE #EE8978

analogous

#78EEC4 #78DDEE #78A2EE

triadic

#78DDEE #EE78DD #DDEE78

tetradic

#78DDEE #C478EE #EE8978 #A2EE78

square

#78DDEE #C478EE #EE8978 #A2EE78

split-complementary

#78DDEE #EE78A2 #EEC478

monochromatic

#1AB7D1 #42CFE7 #78DDEE #AEEBF5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#78DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DDEE

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DDEE	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EE5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.097 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f3',
    500: '#78ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ddee;
$custom-light: #a7e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84244,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DDEE

secondary

#C75643

accent

#290CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DDEE

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

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