#78D4E7#78D4E7

#78D4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.092 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E7
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -22.46, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 28.70, 218.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0773 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.092 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7075, 56.8458, 84.1495)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E7 #E78B78

analogous

#78E7C3 #78D4E7 #789DE7

triadic

#78D4E7 #E778D4 #D4E778

tetradic

#78D4E7 #C378E7 #E78B78 #9DE778

square

#78D4E7 #C378E7 #E78B78 #9DE778

split-complementary

#78D4E7 #E7789D #E7C378

monochromatic

#23A7C2 #44C3DE #78D4E7 #ACE5F0 #E0F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#78D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E7

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E7	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ADCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.092 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ee',
    500: '#78d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e7;
$custom-light: #a6e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.27,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E7

secondary

#BF5944

accent

#3414D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E7

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

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