#78E6DC#78E6DC

#78E6DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.103 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E6DC
RGB	rgb(120, 230, 220)
HSL	hsl(175, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(175, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -33.98, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 34.33, 188.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1018 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.103 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9555, 65.7498, 77.8074)
Luminance	0.6575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E6DC #E67882

analogous

#78E6A5 #78E6DC #78B9E6

triadic

#78E6DC #DC78E6 #E6DC78

tetradic

#78E6DC #A578E6 #E67882 #B9E678

square

#78E6DC #A578E6 #E67882 #B9E678

split-complementary

#78E6DC #E678B9 #E6A578

monochromatic

#24C0B2 #44DCCF #78E6DC #ACF0E9 #DFF9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#78E6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#78E6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E6DC

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E6DC	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DEBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 230, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.103 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6eee6',
    500: '#78e6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e6dc;
$custom-light: #a6eee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85696,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E6DC

secondary

#BE4550

accent

#1526D1

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E6DC

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

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