#78DCF2#78DCF2

#78DCF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.099 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCF2
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 242)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -23.50, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 30.72, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0819 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.099 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3597, 61.5860, 93.2733)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCF2 #F28E78

analogous

#78F2CB #78DCF2 #789FF2

triadic

#78DCF2 #F278DC #DCF278

tetradic

#78DCF2 #CB78F2 #F28E78 #9FF278

square

#78DCF2 #CB78F2 #F28E78 #9FF278

split-complementary

#78DCF2 #F2789F #F2CB78

monochromatic

#15B7DB #40CEED #78DCF2 #B0EAF7 #E3F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#78DCF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#78DCF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCF2

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCF2	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.099 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f6',
    500: '#78dcf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcf2;
$custom-light: #a7e7f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84163,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCF2

secondary

#CC5B42

accent

#2E07DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCF2

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

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