#78DEF0#78DEF0

#78DEF0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.098 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEF0
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 240)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 7.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -25.03, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 30.81, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0849 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.098 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5890, 62.5226, 91.8760)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEF0 #F08A78

analogous

#78F0C6 #78DEF0 #78A2F0

triadic

#78DEF0 #F078DE #DEF078

tetradic

#78DEF0 #C678F0 #F08A78 #A2F078

square

#78DEF0 #C678F0 #F08A78 #A2F078

split-complementary

#78DEF0 #F078A2 #F0C678

monochromatic

#18B9D6 #41D1EA #78DEF0 #AFEBF6 #E3F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#78DEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#78DEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEF0

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEF0	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BE6E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78def0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.098 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e8f5',
    500: '#78def0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78def0;
$custom-light: #a7e8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78def0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84541,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEF0

secondary

#CA5742

accent

#2909DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEF0

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

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