#78D7EE#78D7EE

#78D7EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.095 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D7EE
RGB	rgb(120, 215, 238)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -22.09, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 29.78, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0779 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.095 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4729, 58.7630, 89.7130)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D7EE #EE8F78

analogous

#78EECA #78D7EE #789CEE

triadic

#78D7EE #EE78D7 #D7EE78

tetradic

#78D7EE #CA78EE #EE8F78 #9CEE78

square

#78D7EE #CA78EE #EE8F78 #9CEE78

split-complementary

#78D7EE #EE789C #EECA78

monochromatic

#1AAED1 #42C7E7 #78D7EE #AEE7F5 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#78D7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#78D7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D7EE

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D7EE	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 215, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.095 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e3f3',
    500: '#78d7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d7ee;
$custom-light: #a6e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D7EE

secondary

#C75D43

accent

#340CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D7EE

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

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