#78CDDF#78CDDF

#78CDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.086 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78CDDF
RGBrgb(120, 205, 223)
HSLhsl(190, 62%, 67%)
HSVhsv(190, 46%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(46.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.86, -21.07, -16.94)
CIE-LCHlch(77.86, 27.04, 218.80°)
OKLaboklab(80.1% -0.0724 -0.0467)
OKLCHoklch(80.1% 0.086 212.8)
XYZxyz(42.8913, 52.9800, 77.7637)
Luminance0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78CDDF #DF8A78
analogous
#78DFBD #78CDDF #789ADF
triadic
#78CDDF #DF78CD #CDDF78
tetradic
#78CDDF #BD78DF #DF8A78 #9ADF78
square
#78CDDF #BD78DF #DF8A78 #9ADF78
split-complementary
#78CDDF #DF789A #DFBD78
monochromatic
#2A9BB2 #47BBD3 #78CDDF #A9DFEB #DBF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#78CDDF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60
#78CDDF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDDF
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78CDDF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78CDDF1.001.8111.6011.60
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6021.001.001.00
##00000011.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFC8E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBBDF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#44D5D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78cddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.086 212.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dce9',
    500: '#78cddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78cddf;
$custom-light: #a5dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78cddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80098,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78CDDF
secondary
#B45A47
accent
#3A1CC9
background
#FDFEFE
surface
#F7FCFC
border
#D0D5D5
text
#101516
muted
#818484

Preview Lab

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#78CDDF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva