#78C0EF#78C0EF

#78C0EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.099 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C0EF
RGB	rgb(120, 192, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -9.92, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 31.85, 251.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0517 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.099 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1698, 47.9210, 88.6721)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C0EF #EFA778

analogous

#78EFE2 #78C0EF #7885EF

triadic

#78C0EF #EF78C0 #C0EF78

tetradic

#78C0EF #E278EF #EFA778 #85EF78

square

#78C0EF #E278EF #EFA778 #85EF78

split-complementary

#78C0EF #EF7885 #EFE278

monochromatic

#198AD4 #41A6E9 #78C0EF #AFDAF5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#78C0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#78C0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C0EF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C0EF	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 192, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.099 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d3f4',
    500: '#78c0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c0ef;
$custom-light: #a5d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C0EF

secondary

#F2DED1

accent

#5D0ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C0EF

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

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