#78D0E4#78D0E4

#78D0E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.089 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0E4
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -21.25, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 27.92, 220.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0739 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.089 214)
XYZ	xyz(44.2999, 54.7027, 81.6080)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0E4 #E48C78

analogous

#78E4C2 #78D0E4 #789AE4

triadic

#78D0E4 #E478D0 #D0E478

tetradic

#78D0E4 #C278E4 #E48C78 #9AE478

square

#78D0E4 #C278E4 #E48C78 #9AE478

split-complementary

#78D0E4 #E4789A #E4C278

monochromatic

#26A0BC #45BEDA #78D0E4 #ABE2EE #DEF4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#78D0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#78D0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0E4

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0E4	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.089 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5deec',
    500: '#78d0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0e4;
$custom-light: #a5deec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80956,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.54706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0E4

secondary

#BB5B45

accent

#3917CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0E4

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

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