#78FAE6#78FAE6

#78FAE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.119 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78FAE6
RGB	rgb(120, 250, 230)
HSL	hsl(171, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -40.72, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 40.74, 181.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.1193 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.119 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2081, 78.0723, 86.9549)
Luminance	0.7808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78FAE6 #FA788C

analogous

#78FAA5 #78FAE6 #78CDFA

triadic

#78FAE6 #E678FA #FAE678

tetradic

#78FAE6 #A578FA #FA788C #CDFA78

square

#78FAE6 #A578FA #FA788C #CDFA78

split-complementary

#78FAE6 #FA78CD #FAA578

monochromatic

#09EFCB #3DF8DB #78FAE6 #B3FCF1 #E1FEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#78FAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#78FAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78FAE6

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78FAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78FAE6	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBDEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28FEF4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78fae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 250, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.119 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8fced',
    500: '#78fae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78fae6;
$custom-light: #a8fced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78fae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90588,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78FAE6

secondary

#D64057

accent

#0023E6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F7FFFD

border

#D0D7D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #78FAE6

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

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