#78C8F5#78C8F5

#78C8F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.101 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8F5
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 18.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -12.45, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 32.24, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0586 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.101 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8754, 51.8905, 94.0196)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8F5 #F5A578

analogous

#78F5E4 #78C8F5 #788AF5

triadic

#78C8F5 #F578C8 #C8F578

tetradic

#78C8F5 #E478F5 #F5A578 #8AF578

square

#78C8F5 #E478F5 #F5A578 #8AF578

split-complementary

#78C8F5 #F5788A #F5E478

monochromatic

#1197E2 #3FB1F1 #78C8F5 #B1DFF9 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78C8F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#78C8F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F5

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8F5	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.101 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f8',
    500: '#78c8f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8f5;
$custom-light: #a6d8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8F5

secondary

#D07541

accent

#5303E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8F5

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

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