#78ECF0#78ECF0

#78ECF0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.106 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ECF0
RGB	rgb(120, 236, 240)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 1.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -31.78, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 34.00, 200.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.1001 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.106 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4630, 70.2704, 93.1673)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ECF0 #F07C78

analogous

#78F0B8 #78ECF0 #78B0F0

triadic

#78ECF0 #F078EC #ECF078

tetradic

#78ECF0 #B878F0 #F07C78 #B0F078

square

#78ECF0 #B878F0 #F07C78 #B0F078

split-complementary

#78ECF0 #F078B0 #F0B878

monochromatic

#18D0D6 #41E4EA #78ECF0 #AFF4F6 #E3FBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#78ECF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#78ECF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ECF0

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ECF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ECF0	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD4F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22F3ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ecf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 236, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.106 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8f2f4',
    500: '#78ecf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ecf0;
$custom-light: #a8f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ecf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87704,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ECF0

secondary

#CA4742

accent

#1009DC

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#101717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ECF0

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

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