#78EAE9#78EAE9

#78EAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.104 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78EAE9
RGB	rgb(120, 234, 233)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -32.62, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 33.99, 196.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.1008 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.104 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8705, 68.7173, 87.6053)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78EAE9 #EA7879

analogous

#78EAB0 #78EAE9 #78B2EA

triadic

#78EAE9 #E978EA #EAE978

tetradic

#78EAE9 #B078EA #EA7879 #B2EA78

square

#78EAE9 #B078EA #EA7879 #B2EA78

split-complementary

#78EAE9 #EA78B2 #EAB078

monochromatic

#1FC8C7 #43E2E0 #78EAE9 #ADF2F2 #E2FAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#78EAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#78EAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78EAE9

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78EAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78EAE9	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EF0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78eae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 234, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.104 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7f1f0',
    500: '#78eae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78eae9;
$custom-light: #a7f1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78eae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87021,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78EAE9

secondary

#C24445

accent

#1012D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78EAE9

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

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