#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
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 244)
HSL	hsl(201, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 18%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -12.74, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 31.91, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.059 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.1 234)
XYZ	xyz(44.7232, 51.8296, 93.2177)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##78C8F4	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #78C8F4

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

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