#78E7FA#78E7FA

#78E7FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.105 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E7FA
RGB	rgb(120, 231, 250)
HSL	hsl(189, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 7.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -26.76, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 32.80, 215.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0908 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.105 210)
XYZ	xyz(53.5701, 68.0422, 100.7343)
Luminance	0.6805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E7FA #FA8B78

analogous

#78FACC #78E7FA #78A6FA

triadic

#78E7FA #FA78E7 #E7FA78

tetradic

#78E7FA #CC78FA #FA8B78 #A6FA78

square

#78E7FA #CC78FA #FA8B78 #A6FA78

split-complementary

#78E7FA #FA78A6 #FACC78

monochromatic

#09CDEF #3DDDF8 #78E7FA #B3F1FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#78E7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#78E7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E7FA

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E7FA	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6E0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CF0ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 231, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.105 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8effc',
    500: '#78e7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e7fa;
$custom-light: #a8effc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.769,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86919,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.68047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E7FA

secondary

#D65640

accent

#2200E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E7FA

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

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