#78D3EF#78D3EF

#78D3EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.095 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D3EF
RGB	rgb(120, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -19.80, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 29.72, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0731 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.095 220)
XYZ	xyz(46.6141, 56.8097, 90.1535)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D3EF #EF9478

analogous

#78EFD0 #78D3EF #7897EF

triadic

#78D3EF #EF78D3 #D3EF78

tetradic

#78D3EF #D078EF #EF9478 #97EF78

square

#78D3EF #D078EF #EF9478 #97EF78

split-complementary

#78D3EF #EF7897 #EFD078

monochromatic

#19A8D4 #41C1E9 #78D3EF #AFE5F5 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#78D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D3EF

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D3EF	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.095 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f4',
    500: '#78d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d3ef;
$custom-light: #a6e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82036,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.56814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D3EF

secondary

#C96243

accent

#3C0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D3EF

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

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