#78C1DD#78C1DD

#78C1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C1DD
RGB	rgb(120, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -15.45, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 26.14, 233.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0592 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.083 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8621, 47.3505, 75.4316)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C1DD #DD9478

analogous

#78DDC7 #78C1DD #788FDD

triadic

#78C1DD #DD78C1 #C1DD78

tetradic

#78C1DD #C778DD #DD9478 #8FDD78

square

#78C1DD #C778DD #DD9478 #8FDD78

split-complementary

#78C1DD #DD788F #DDC778

monochromatic

#2C8AAF #47ABD1 #78C1DD #A9D7E9 #DAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78C1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#78C1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C1DD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C1DD	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d3e7',
    500: '#78c1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c1dd;
$custom-light: #a4d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C1DD

secondary

#E9D1C8

accent

#4D1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C1DD

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

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