#78CCDE#78CCDE

#78CCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.085 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCDE
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -20.83, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 26.81, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0716 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.085 213)
XYZ	xyz(42.5185, 52.4494, 76.9763)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCDE #DE8A78

analogous

#78DEBD #78CCDE #7899DE

triadic

#78CCDE #DE78CC #CCDE78

tetradic

#78CCDE #BD78DE #DE8A78 #99DE78

square

#78CCDE #BD78DE #DE8A78 #99DE78

split-complementary

#78CCDE #DE7899 #DEBD78

monochromatic

#2B99B0 #47B9D2 #78CCDE #A9DFEA #DAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#78CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCDE

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCDE	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.085 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe8',
    500: '#78ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccde;
$custom-light: #a5dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.52453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCDE

secondary

#B25B48

accent

#3B1DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCDE

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

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