#78D6EA#78D6EA

#78D6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.093 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D6EA
RGB	rgb(120, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -22.66, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 29.23, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0783 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.093 213)
XYZ	xyz(46.6379, 58.0228, 86.5678)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D6EA #EA8C78

analogous

#78EAC5 #78D6EA #789DEA

triadic

#78D6EA #EA78D6 #D6EA78

tetradic

#78D6EA #C578EA #EA8C78 #9DEA78

square

#78D6EA #C578EA #EA8C78 #9DEA78

split-complementary

#78D6EA #EA789D #EAC578

monochromatic

#1FABC8 #43C6E2 #78D6EA #ADE6F2 #E2F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#78D6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#78D6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D6EA

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D6EA	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.093 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e2f0',
    500: '#78d6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d6ea;
$custom-light: #a6e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82525,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.58027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D6EA

secondary

#C25A44

accent

#3310D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D6EA

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

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