#78D0EA#78D0EA

#78D0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.092 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0EA
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -19.64, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 28.77, 226.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0716 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.092 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1473, 55.0416, 86.0709)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0EA #EA9278

analogous

#78EACB #78D0EA #7897EA

triadic

#78D0EA #EA78D0 #D0EA78

tetradic

#78D0EA #CB78EA #EA9278 #97EA78

square

#78D0EA #CB78EA #EA9278 #97EA78

split-complementary

#78D0EA #EA7897 #EACB78

monochromatic

#1FA2C8 #43BEE2 #78D0EA #ADE2F2 #E2F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78D0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#78D0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0EA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0EA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.092 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6def0',
    500: '#78d0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0ea;
$custom-light: #a6def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81177,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0EA

secondary

#C26144

accent

#3D10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0EA

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

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