#78D9EF#78D9EF

#78D9EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.096 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9EF
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -22.82, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 30.09, 220.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0798 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.096 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1326, 59.8467, 90.6597)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9EF #EF8E78

analogous

#78EFC9 #78D9EF #789EEF

triadic

#78D9EF #EF78D9 #D9EF78

tetradic

#78D9EF #C978EF #EF8E78 #9EEF78

square

#78D9EF #C978EF #EF8E78 #9EEF78

split-complementary

#78D9EF #EF789E #EFC978

monochromatic

#19B1D4 #41CAE9 #78D9EF #AFE8F5 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#78D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#78D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9EF

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9EF	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FE2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.096 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5f4',
    500: '#78d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9ef;
$custom-light: #a6e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9EF

secondary

#C95B43

accent

#310ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9EF

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

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