#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
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -23.35, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 29.88, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0805 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.096 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8388, 59.7291, 89.1122)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##78D9ED	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #78D9ED

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

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