#78C8F6#78C8F6

#78C8F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.102 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8F6
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 246)
HSL	hsl(202, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -12.17, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 32.57, 248.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0583 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.102 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0285, 51.9517, 94.8257)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8F6 #F6A678

analogous

#78F6E5 #78C8F6 #7889F6

triadic

#78C8F6 #F678C8 #C8F678

tetradic

#78C8F6 #E578F6 #F6A678 #89F678

square

#78C8F6 #E578F6 #F6A678 #89F678

split-complementary

#78C8F6 #F67889 #F6E578

monochromatic

#0F97E4 #3FB1F2 #78C8F6 #B1DFFA #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78C8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#78C8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F6

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8F6	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.102 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f9',
    500: '#78c8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8f6;
$custom-light: #a6d8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.905,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8F6

secondary

#D17641

accent

#5401E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8F6

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

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