#78C8DD#78C8DD

#78C8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.084 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8DD
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -19.06, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 26.28, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0674 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.084 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4463, 50.5189, 75.9597)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8DD #DD8D78

analogous

#78DDBF #78C8DD #7896DD

triadic

#78C8DD #DD78C8 #C8DD78

tetradic

#78C8DD #BF78DD #DD8D78 #96DD78

square

#78C8DD #BF78DD #DD8D78 #96DD78

split-complementary

#78C8DD #DD7896 #DDBF78

monochromatic

#2C93AF #47B4D1 #78C8DD #A9DCE9 #DAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#78C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8DD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8DD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.084 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d8e7',
    500: '#78c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8dd;
$custom-light: #a4d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.475,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8DD

secondary

#B15E48

accent

#411EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8DD

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

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