#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
RGBrgb(120, 193, 221)
HSLhsl(197, 60%, 67%)
HSVhsv(197, 46%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(45.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.41, -15.45, -21.08)
CIE-LCHlch(74.41, 26.14, 233.77°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.0592 -0.0582)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.083 224.5)
XYZxyz(39.8621, 47.3505, 75.4316)
Luminance0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##78C1DD1.002.0110.4710.47
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4721.001.001.00
##00000010.4721.001.001.00

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

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#78C1DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva