#78D4E8#78D4E8

#78D4E8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.092 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E8
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -22.20, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 28.80, 219.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0769 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.092 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8491, 56.9024, 84.8954)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E8 #E88C78

analogous

#78E8C4 #78D4E8 #789CE8

triadic

#78D4E8 #E878D4 #D4E878

tetradic

#78D4E8 #C478E8 #E88C78 #9CE878

square

#78D4E8 #C478E8 #E88C78 #9CE878

split-complementary

#78D4E8 #E8789C #E8C478

monochromatic

#21A7C4 #44C3DF #78D4E8 #ACE5F1 #E1F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#78D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E8

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E8	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.092 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ef',
    500: '#78d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e8;
$custom-light: #a6e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82002,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E8

secondary

#C05A44

accent

#3513D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E8

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

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