#78C8F0#78C8F0

#78C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.097 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8F0
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -13.86, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 30.65, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0604 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.097 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1224, 51.5893, 90.0538)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8F0 #F0A078

analogous

#78F0DC #78C8F0 #788CF0

triadic

#78C8F0 #F078C8 #C8F078

tetradic

#78C8F0 #DC78F0 #F0A078 #8CF078

square

#78C8F0 #DC78F0 #F0A078 #8CF078

split-complementary

#78C8F0 #F0788C #F0DC78

monochromatic

#1896D6 #41B2EA #78C8F0 #AFDEF6 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#78C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F0

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8F0	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.097 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f5',
    500: '#78c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8f0;
$custom-light: #a6d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8F0

secondary

#CA7042

accent

#5009DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8F0

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

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