#78D7EB#78D7EB

#78D7EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.094 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D7EB
RGB	rgb(120, 215, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -22.89, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 29.45, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0791 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.094 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0358, 58.5881, 87.4111)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D7EB #EB8C78

analogous

#78EBC6 #78D7EB #789DEB

triadic

#78D7EB #EB78D7 #D7EB78

tetradic

#78D7EB #C678EB #EB8C78 #9DEB78

square

#78D7EB #C678EB #EB8C78 #9DEB78

split-complementary

#78D7EB #EB789D #EBC678

monochromatic

#1EADCB #43C7E3 #78D7EB #ADE7F3 #E3F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#78D7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#78D7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D7EB

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D7EB	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 215, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.094 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e3f1',
    500: '#78d7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d7eb;
$custom-light: #a6e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82786,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D7EB

secondary

#C45A44

accent

#320FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D7EB

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

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