#78CDEF#78CDEF

#78CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.095 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78CDEF
RGBrgb(120, 205, 239)
HSLhsl(197, 79%, 70%)
HSVhsv(197, 50%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(49.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.39, -16.74, -24.72)
CIE-LCHlch(78.39, 29.85, 235.90°)
OKLaboklab(80.7% -0.0664 -0.0685)
OKLCHoklch(80.7% 0.095 225.9)
XYZxyz(45.1512, 53.8840, 89.6659)
Luminance0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78CDEF #EF9A78
analogous
#78EFD6 #78CDEF #7891EF
triadic
#78CDEF #EF78CD #CDEF78
tetradic
#78CDEF #D678EF #EF9A78 #91EF78
square
#78CDEF #D678EF #EF9A78 #91EF78
split-complementary
#78CDEF #EF7891 #EFD678
monochromatic
#199ED4 #41B9E9 #78CDEF #AFE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#78CDEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78
#78CDEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDEF
11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78CDEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78CDEF1.001.7811.7811.78
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7821.001.001.00
##00000011.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBC9F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9BCEF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#34D7D8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.095 225.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf4',
    500: '#78cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78cdef;
$custom-light: #a6dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78CDEF
secondary
#C96943
accent
#460ADB
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FCFE
border
#D0D5D6
text
#101517
muted
#818485

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