#78E5EA#78E5EA

#78E5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.101 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E5EA
RGB	rgb(120, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(183, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -30.00, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 32.35, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.095 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.101 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6104, 65.9678, 87.8919)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E5EA #EA7D78

analogous

#78EAB6 #78E5EA #78ACEA

triadic

#78E5EA #EA78E5 #E5EA78

tetradic

#78E5EA #B678EA #EA7D78 #ACEA78

square

#78E5EA #B678EA #EA7D78 #ACEA78

split-complementary

#78E5EA #EA78AC #EAB678

monochromatic

#1FC1C8 #43DBE2 #78E5EA #ADEFF2 #E2F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#78E5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#78E5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E5EA

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E5EA	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.101 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7edf0',
    500: '#78e5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e5ea;
$custom-light: #a7edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85917,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E5EA

secondary

#C24944

accent

#1910D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E5EA

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

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