#78DCF0#78DCF0

#78DCF0 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.098 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCF0
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 240)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 8.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -24.04, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 30.53, 218.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0827 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.098 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0610, 61.4665, 91.7000)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCF0 #F08C78

analogous

#78F0C8 #78DCF0 #78A0F0

triadic

#78DCF0 #F078DC #DCF078

tetradic

#78DCF0 #C878F0 #F08C78 #A0F078

square

#78DCF0 #C878F0 #F08C78 #A0F078

split-complementary

#78DCF0 #F078A0 #F0C878

monochromatic

#18B6D6 #41CEEA #78DCF0 #AFEAF6 #E3F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#78DCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#78DCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCF0

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCF0	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CE5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.098 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f5',
    500: '#78dcf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcf0;
$custom-light: #a7e7f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84091,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCF0

secondary

#CA5942

accent

#2C09DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCF0

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

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