#78CCDD#78CCDD

#78CCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.085 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCDD
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(190, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -21.09, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 26.71, 217.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.072 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.085 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3848, 52.3959, 76.2725)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCDD #DD8978

analogous

#78DDBC #78CCDD #789ADD

triadic

#78CCDD #DD78CC #CCDD78

tetradic

#78CCDD #BC78DD #DD8978 #9ADD78

square

#78CCDD #BC78DD #DD8978 #9ADD78

split-complementary

#78CCDD #DD789A #DDBC78

monochromatic

#2C99AF #47BAD1 #78CCDD #A9DEE9 #DAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#78CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCDD

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCDD	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.085 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe7',
    500: '#78ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccdd;
$custom-light: #a5dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.798,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCDD

secondary

#B15A48

accent

#3B1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCDD

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

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