#78D9ED#78D9ED

#78D9ED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.096 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78D9ED
RGBrgb(120, 217, 237)
HSLhsl(190, 76%, 70%)
HSVhsv(190, 49%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(49.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(81.69, -23.35, -18.65)
CIE-LCHlch(81.69, 29.88, 218.60°)
OKLaboklab(83.31% -0.0805 -0.0515)
OKLCHoklch(83.31% 0.096 212.6)
XYZxyz(47.8388, 59.7291, 89.1122)
Luminance0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78D9ED #ED8C78
analogous
#78EDC6 #78D9ED #789FED
triadic
#78D9ED #ED78D9 #D9ED78
tetradic
#78D9ED #C678ED #ED8C78 #9FED78
square
#78D9ED #C678ED #ED8C78 #9FED78
split-complementary
#78D9ED #ED789F #EDC678
monochromatic
#1CB0CF #42CAE6 #78D9ED #AEE8F4 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#78D9ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95
#78D9ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9ED
12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78D9ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78D9ED1.001.6212.9512.95
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9521.001.001.00
##00000012.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9D3EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7C5ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31E1DF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78d9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.096 212.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5f2',
    500: '#78d9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78d9ed;
$custom-light: #a6e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78d9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83308,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78D9ED
secondary
#C65943
accent
#300DD9
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FCFE
border
#D0D5D6
text
#101517
muted
#818485

Preview Lab

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#78D9ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva