#78D4E9#78D4E9

#78D4E9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.092 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4E9
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -21.93, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 28.91, 220.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0765 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.092 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9916, 56.9594, 85.6456)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4E9 #E98D78

analogous

#78E9C5 #78D4E9 #789CE9

triadic

#78D4E9 #E978D4 #D4E978

tetradic

#78D4E9 #C578E9 #E98D78 #9CE978

square

#78D4E9 #C578E9 #E98D78 #9CE978

split-complementary

#78D4E9 #E9789C #E9C578

monochromatic

#20A7C6 #43C3E0 #78D4E9 #ADE5F2 #E1F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#78D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#78D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4E9

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4E9	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.092 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1f0',
    500: '#78d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4e9;
$custom-light: #a6e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82038,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4E9

secondary

#C15B44

accent

#3611D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4E9

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

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