#78CDED#78CDED

#78CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.094 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDED
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -17.29, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 29.38, 233.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0671 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.094 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8574, 53.7665, 88.1185)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDED #ED9878

analogous

#78EDD2 #78CDED #7893ED

triadic

#78CDED #ED78CD #CDED78

tetradic

#78CDED #D278ED #ED9878 #93ED78

square

#78CDED #D278ED #ED9878 #93ED78

split-complementary

#78CDED #ED7893 #EDD278

monochromatic

#1C9ECF #42B9E6 #78CDED #AEE1F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#78CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDED

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDED	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.094 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf3',
    500: '#78cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cded;
$custom-light: #a6dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDED

secondary

#C66743

accent

#450DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →