#78D4EA#78D4EA

#78D4EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.093 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4EA
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -21.66, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 29.02, 221.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0761 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.093 215)
XYZ	xyz(46.1348, 57.0167, 86.4001)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4EA #EA8E78

analogous

#78EAC7 #78D4EA #789BEA

triadic

#78D4EA #EA78D4 #D4EA78

tetradic

#78D4EA #C778EA #EA8E78 #9BEA78

square

#78D4EA #C778EA #EA8E78 #9BEA78

split-complementary

#78D4EA #EA789B #EAC778

monochromatic

#1FA8C8 #43C3E2 #78D4EA #ADE5F2 #E2F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#78D4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#78D4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4EA

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4EA	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.093 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1f0',
    500: '#78d4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4ea;
$custom-light: #a6e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82075,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.57021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4EA

secondary

#C25C44

accent

#3610D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4EA

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

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