#78C8DF#78C8DF

#78C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.085 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8DF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -18.53, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 26.59, 225.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0666 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.085 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7144, 50.6261, 77.3714)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8DF #DF8F78

analogous

#78DFC3 #78C8DF #7895DF

triadic

#78C8DF #DF78C8 #C8DF78

tetradic

#78C8DF #C378DF #DF8F78 #95DF78

square

#78C8DF #C378DF #DF8F78 #95DF78

split-complementary

#78C8DF #DF7895 #DFC378

monochromatic

#2A94B2 #47B4D3 #78C8DF #A9DCEB #DBF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#78C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8DF

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8DF	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.085 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e9',
    500: '#78c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8df;
$custom-light: #a5d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.398,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78971,
    "c": 0.08491,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8DF

secondary

#B46047

accent

#431CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8DF

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

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