#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
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(190, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -21.07, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 27.04, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0724 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.086 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8913, 52.9800, 77.7637)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##78CDDF	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #78CDDF

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

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