#78EAFA#78EAFA

#78EAFA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.106 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78EAFA
RGB	rgb(120, 234, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 6.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -28.21, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 33.31, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.094 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.106 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4170, 69.7359, 101.0166)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78EAFA #FA8878

analogous

#78FAC9 #78EAFA #78A9FA

triadic

#78EAFA #FA78EA #EAFA78

tetradic

#78EAFA #C978FA #FA8878 #A9FA78

square

#78EAFA #C978FA #FA8878 #A9FA78

split-complementary

#78EAFA #FA78A9 #FAC978

monochromatic

#09D2EF #3DE1F8 #78EAFA #B3F3FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#78EAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#78EAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78EAFA

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78EAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78EAFA	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAE2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78eafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 234, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.106 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8f1fc',
    500: '#78eafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78eafa;
$custom-light: #a8f1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78eafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87593,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78EAFA

secondary

#D65240

accent

#1C00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78EAFA

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

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