#78DFEB#78DFEB

#78DFEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.097 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DFEB
RGB	rgb(120, 223, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -26.84, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 30.81, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.088 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.097 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1229, 62.7623, 88.1068)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DFEB #EB8478

analogous

#78EBBE #78DFEB #78A6EB

triadic

#78DFEB #EB78DF #DFEB78

tetradic

#78DFEB #BE78EB #EB8478 #A6EB78

square

#78DFEB #BE78EB #EB8478 #A6EB78

split-complementary

#78DFEB #EB78A6 #EBBE78

monochromatic

#1EB9CB #43D2E3 #78DFEB #ADECF3 #E3F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#78DFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#78DFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DFEB

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DFEB	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 223, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.097 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e9f1',
    500: '#78dfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dfeb;
$custom-light: #a7e9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84591,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DFEB

secondary

#C45144

accent

#240FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DFEB

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

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