#78C4E4#78C4E4

#78C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.088 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4E4
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -15.11, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 27.70, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0601 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.088 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4841, 49.0712, 80.6694)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4E4 #E49878

analogous

#78E4CE #78C4E4 #788EE4

triadic

#78C4E4 #E478C4 #C4E478

tetradic

#78C4E4 #CE78E4 #E49878 #8EE478

square

#78C4E4 #CE78E4 #E49878 #8EE478

split-complementary

#78C4E4 #E4788E #E4CE78

monochromatic

#268FBC #45AEDA #78C4E4 #ABDAEE #DEF1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#78C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#78C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4E4

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4E4	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.088 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6ec',
    500: '#78c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4e4;
$custom-light: #a5d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78265,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4E4

secondary

#ECD5CC

accent

#4D17CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4E4

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

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