#78C4DC#78C4DC

#78C4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.083 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4DC
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -17.27, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 25.91, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0631 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.083 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3992, 48.6372, 74.9553)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4DC #DC9078

analogous

#78DCC2 #78C4DC #7892DC

triadic

#78C4DC #DC78C4 #C4DC78

tetradic

#78C4DC #C278DC #DC9078 #92DC78

square

#78C4DC #C278DC #DC9078 #92DC78

split-complementary

#78C4DC #DC7892 #DCC278

monochromatic

#2D8EAD #47AFCF #78C4DC #A9D9E9 #D9EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#78C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4DC

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4DC	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.083 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d6e6',
    500: '#78c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4dc;
$custom-light: #a4d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4DC

secondary

#E8D0C8

accent

#471FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4DC

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

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