#78E6FA#78E6FA

#78E6FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.105 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E6FA
RGB	rgb(120, 230, 250)
HSL	hsl(189, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -26.27, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 32.65, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0897 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.105 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2911, 67.4840, 100.6413)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E6FA #FA8C78

analogous

#78FACD #78E6FA #78A5FA

triadic

#78E6FA #FA78E6 #E6FA78

tetradic

#78E6FA #CD78FA #FA8C78 #A5FA78

square

#78E6FA #CD78FA #FA8C78 #A5FA78

split-complementary

#78E6FA #FA78A5 #FACD78

monochromatic

#09CBEF #3DDBF8 #78E6FA #B3F1FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#78E6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#78E6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E6FA

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E6FA	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1D0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DEFEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 230, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.105 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8eefc',
    500: '#78e6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e6fa;
$custom-light: #a8eefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86695,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E6FA

secondary

#D65740

accent

#2300E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#101617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E6FA

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

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