#78ECDC#78ECDC

#78ECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.109 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ECDC
RGB	rgb(120, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(172, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -36.76, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 36.84, 183.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.1084 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.109 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6540, 69.1469, 78.3736)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ECDC #EC7888

analogous

#78ECA2 #78ECDC #78C2EC

triadic

#78ECDC #DC78EC #ECDC78

tetradic

#78ECDC #A278EC #EC7888 #C2EC78

square

#78ECDC #A278EC #EC7888 #C2EC78

split-complementary

#78ECDC #EC78C2 #ECA278

monochromatic

#1DCDB5 #42E4CE #78ECDC #AEF4EA #E3FBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#78ECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#78ECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ECDC

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ECDC	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BF0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ecdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.109 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7f2e6',
    500: '#78ecdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ecdc;
$custom-light: #a7f2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ecdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87075,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ECDC

secondary

#C54355

accent

#0E2AD7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FEFC

border

#D0D6D5

text

#101716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ECDC

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

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