#78FAE9#78FAE9

#78FAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.118 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78FAE9
RGB	rgb(120, 250, 233)
HSL	hsl(172, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 6.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -39.99, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 40.09, 184.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.118 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.118 184)
XYZ	xyz(56.6330, 78.2422, 89.1928)
Luminance	0.7825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78FAE9 #FA7889

analogous

#78FAA8 #78FAE9 #78CAFA

triadic

#78FAE9 #E978FA #FAE978

tetradic

#78FAE9 #A878FA #FA7889 #CAFA78

square

#78FAE9 #A878FA #FA7889 #CAFA78

split-complementary

#78FAE9 #FA78CA #FAA878

monochromatic

#09EFD1 #3DF8DF #78FAE9 #B3FCF3 #E1FEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#78FAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#78FAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78FAE9

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78FAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78FAE9	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBDEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23FEF5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78fae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 250, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.118 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9fcf0',
    500: '#78fae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78fae9;
$custom-light: #a9fcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78fae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90676,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.78247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78FAE9

secondary

#D64053

accent

#001EE6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FFFE

border

#D0D7D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78FAE9

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

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