#78C4E6#78C4E6

#78C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.090 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4E6
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -14.55, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 28.24, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0594 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.09 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7634, 49.1828, 82.1400)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4E6 #E69A78

analogous

#78E6D1 #78C4E6 #788DE6

triadic

#78C4E6 #E678C4 #C4E678

tetradic

#78C4E6 #D178E6 #E69A78 #8DE678

square

#78C4E6 #D178E6 #E69A78 #8DE678

split-complementary

#78C4E6 #E6788D #E6D178

monochromatic

#2490C0 #44ADDC #78C4E6 #ACDBF0 #DFF1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#78C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#78C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4E6

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4E6	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.090 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5ee',
    500: '#78c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4e6;
$custom-light: #a5d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4E6

secondary

#EDD7CC

accent

#4F15D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4E6

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

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