#78C8DB#78C8DB

#78C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.083 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8DB
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -19.59, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 26.01, 221.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0682 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.083 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1814, 50.4129, 74.5647)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8DB #DB8B78

analogous

#78DBBD #78C8DB #7897DB

triadic

#78C8DB #DB78C8 #C8DB78

tetradic

#78C8DB #BD78DB #DB8B78 #97DB78

square

#78C8DB #BD78DB #DB8B78 #97DB78

split-complementary

#78C8DB #DB7897 #DBBD78

monochromatic

#2E93AB #48B4CE #78C8DB #A8DCE8 #D9EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#78C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8DB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8DB	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.083 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8e6',
    500: '#78c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8db;
$custom-light: #a4d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.515,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78824,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8DB

secondary

#AE5D4A

accent

#4020C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8DB

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

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