#78C8F8#78C8F8

#78C8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.104 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8F8
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(203, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -11.60, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 33.26, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0576 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.104 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3371, 52.0752, 96.4511)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8F8 #F8A878

analogous

#78F8E8 #78C8F8 #7888F8

triadic

#78C8F8 #F878C8 #C8F878

tetradic

#78C8F8 #E878F8 #F8A878 #88F878

square

#78C8F8 #E878F8 #F8A878 #88F878

split-complementary

#78C8F8 #F87888 #F8E878

monochromatic

#0C96E9 #3EB0F5 #78C8F8 #B2E0FB #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#78C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F8

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8F8	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.104 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8fa',
    500: '#78c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8f8;
$custom-light: #a6d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79956,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8F8

secondary

#D47840

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8F8

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

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