#78FAE5#78FAE5

#78FAE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.120 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78FAE5
RGB	rgb(120, 250, 229)
HSL	hsl(170, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 8.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -40.95, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 40.96, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.1197 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.12 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0681, 78.0163, 86.2175)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78FAE5 #FA788D

analogous

#78FAA4 #78FAE5 #78CEFA

triadic

#78FAE5 #E578FA #FAE578

tetradic

#78FAE5 #A478FA #FA788D #CEFA78

square

#78FAE5 #A478FA #FA788D #CEFA78

split-complementary

#78FAE5 #FA78CE #FAA478

monochromatic

#09EFCA #3DF8DA #78FAE5 #B3FCF0 #E1FEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#78FAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#78FAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78FAE5

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78FAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78FAE5	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCDEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29FEF3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78fae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 250, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.120 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8fced',
    500: '#78fae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78fae5;
$custom-light: #a8fced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78fae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90558,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78FAE5

secondary

#D64058

accent

#0025E6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FFFD

border

#D0D7D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #78FAE5

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

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