#78C5F9#78C5F9

#78C5F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.106 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78C5F9
RGBrgb(120, 197, 249)
HSLhsl(204, 91%, 72%)
HSVhsv(204, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.53, -9.72, -32.93)
CIE-LCHlch(76.53, 34.33, 253.55°)
OKLaboklab(79.34% -0.0539 -0.0918)
OKLCHoklch(79.34% 0.107 239.6)
XYZxyz(44.8047, 50.7615, 97.0410)
Luminance0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78C5F9 #F9AC78
analogous
#78F9EC #78C5F9 #7885F9
triadic
#78C5F9 #F978C5 #C5F978
tetradic
#78C5F9 #EC78F9 #F9AC78 #85F978
square
#78C5F9 #EC78F9 #F9AC78 #85F978
split-complementary
#78C5F9 #F97885 #F9EC78
monochromatic
#0A91EC #3DACF6 #78C5F9 #B3DEFC #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#78C5F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15
#78C5F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5F9
11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78C5F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78C5F91.001.8811.1511.15
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1521.001.001.00
##00000011.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEC4FB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CB7F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2AD2D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78c5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.106 239.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d6fb',
    500: '#78c5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78c5f9;
$custom-light: #a6d6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78c5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78C5F9
secondary
#D57C40
accent
#5D00E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#78C5F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva