#78DDEF#78DDEF

#78DDEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.098 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DDEF
RGB	rgb(120, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -24.80, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 30.59, 215.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0842 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.098 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1761, 61.9337, 91.0076)
Luminance	0.6194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DDEF #EF8A78

analogous

#78EFC6 #78DDEF #78A1EF

triadic

#78DDEF #EF78DD #DDEF78

tetradic

#78DDEF #C678EF #EF8A78 #A1EF78

square

#78DDEF #C678EF #EF8A78 #A1EF78

split-complementary

#78DDEF #EF78A1 #EFC678

monochromatic

#19B7D4 #41CFE9 #78DDEF #AFEBF5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#78DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DDEF

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DDEF	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DE5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.098 210.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8428,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DDEF

secondary

#C95743

accent

#2A0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DDEF

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

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