#78D3ED#78D3ED

#78D3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.094 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D3ED
RGB	rgb(120, 211, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -20.35, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 29.38, 226.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0738 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.094 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3203, 56.6922, 88.6061)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D3ED #ED9278

analogous

#78EDCC #78D3ED #7899ED

triadic

#78D3ED #ED78D3 #D3ED78

tetradic

#78D3ED #CC78ED #ED9278 #99ED78

square

#78D3ED #CC78ED #ED9278 #99ED78

split-complementary

#78D3ED #ED7899 #EDCC78

monochromatic

#1CA7CF #42C1E6 #78D3ED #AEE5F4 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#78D3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D3ED

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D3ED	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 211, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.094 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f2',
    500: '#78d3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d3ed;
$custom-light: #a6e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81961,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D3ED

secondary

#C66043

accent

#3A0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D3ED

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

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