#78D8EF#78D8EF

#78D8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.096 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8EF
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -22.32, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 29.99, 221.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0787 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.096 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8756, 59.3327, 90.5741)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8EF #EF8F78

analogous

#78EFCB #78D8EF #789CEF

triadic

#78D8EF #EF78D8 #D8EF78

tetradic

#78D8EF #CB78EF #EF8F78 #9CEF78

square

#78D8EF #CB78EF #EF8F78 #9CEF78

split-complementary

#78D8EF #EF789C #EFCB78

monochromatic

#19AFD4 #41C8E9 #78D8EF #AFE8F5 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#78D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#78D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8EF

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8EF	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FE1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.096 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e4f4',
    500: '#78d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8ef;
$custom-light: #a6e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83156,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8EF

secondary

#C95D43

accent

#330ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →