#78C8F9#78C8F9

#78C8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.105 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8F9
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 249)
HSL	hsl(203, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -11.31, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 33.61, 250.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0573 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.105 237)
XYZ	xyz(45.4926, 52.1374, 97.2704)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8F9 #F9A978

analogous

#78F9EA #78C8F9 #7887F9

triadic

#78C8F9 #F978C8 #C8F978

tetradic

#78C8F9 #EA78F9 #F9A978 #87F978

square

#78C8F9 #EA78F9 #F9A978 #87F978

split-complementary

#78C8F9 #F97887 #F9EA78

monochromatic

#0A96EC #3DB0F6 #78C8F9 #B3E0FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78C8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#78C8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8F9

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8F9	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.105 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fb',
    500: '#78c8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8f9;
$custom-light: #a7d8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.791,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79997,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.52141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8F9

secondary

#D57940

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8F9

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

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