#78C0EF#78C0EF

#78C0EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.099 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78C0EF
RGBrgb(120, 192, 239)
HSLhsl(204, 79%, 70%)
HSVhsv(204, 50%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(49.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.78, -9.92, -30.26)
CIE-LCHlch(74.78, 31.85, 251.85°)
OKLaboklab(77.82% -0.0517 -0.0842)
OKLCHoklch(77.82% 0.099 238.5)
XYZxyz(42.1698, 47.9210, 88.6721)
Luminance0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78C0EF #EFA778
analogous
#78EFE2 #78C0EF #7885EF
triadic
#78C0EF #EF78C0 #C0EF78
tetradic
#78C0EF #E278EF #EFA778 #85EF78
square
#78C0EF #E278EF #EFA778 #85EF78
split-complementary
#78C0EF #EF7885 #EFE278
monochromatic
#198AD4 #41A6E9 #78C0EF #AFDAF5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#78C0EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58
#78C0EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C0EF
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78C0EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78C0EF1.001.9810.5810.58
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5821.001.001.00
##00000010.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABBFF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB3EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#39CCD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78c0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 192, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.099 238.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d3f4',
    500: '#78c0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78c0ef;
$custom-light: #a5d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78c0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78C0EF
secondary
#F2DED1
accent
#5D0ADB
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

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#78C0EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva