#78C8F4#78C8F4

#78C8F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78C8F4
RGBrgb(120, 200, 244)
HSLhsl(201, 85%, 71%)
HSVhsv(201, 51%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(50.8%, 18%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.18, -12.74, -29.25)
CIE-LCHlch(77.18, 31.91, 246.47°)
OKLaboklab(79.79% -0.059 -0.0813)
OKLCHoklch(79.79% 0.1 234)
XYZxyz(44.7232, 51.8296, 93.2177)
Luminance0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78C8F4 #F4A478
analogous
#78F4E2 #78C8F4 #788AF4
triadic
#78C8F4 #F478C8 #C8F478
tetradic
#78C8F4 #E278F4 #F4A478 #8AF478
square
#78C8F4 #E278F4 #F4A478 #8AF478
split-complementary
#78C8F4 #F4788A #F4E278
monochromatic
#1297DF #3FB1EF #78C8F4 #B1DFF9 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#78C8F4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37
#78C8F4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F4
11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78C8F4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78C8F41.001.8511.3711.37
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3721.001.001.00
##00000011.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3C6F6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B9F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30D4D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78c8f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 234.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f8',
    500: '#78c8f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78c8f4;
$custom-light: #a6d8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78c8f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 84.932,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7979,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.51833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78C8F4
secondary
#CF7441
accent
#5304E1
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFE
border
#D0D4D6
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#78C8F4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva