#78D3EB#78D3EB

#78D3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D3EB
RGB	rgb(120, 211, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -20.89, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 29.08, 224.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0746 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.093 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0297, 56.5759, 87.0758)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D3EB #EB9078

analogous

#78EBCA #78D3EB #7899EB

triadic

#78D3EB #EB78D3 #D3EB78

tetradic

#78D3EB #CA78EB #EB9078 #99EB78

square

#78D3EB #CA78EB #EB9078 #99EB78

split-complementary

#78D3EB #EB7899 #EBCA78

monochromatic

#1EA7CB #43C2E3 #78D3EB #ADE4F3 #E3F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#78D3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D3EB

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D3EB	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 211, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f1',
    500: '#78d3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d3eb;
$custom-light: #a6e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81887,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D3EB

secondary

#C45E44

accent

#390FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D3EB

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

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