#78C4EB#78C4EB

#78C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.094 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4EB
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -13.17, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 29.70, 243.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0576 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.094 232)
XYZ	xyz(42.4756, 49.4677, 85.8911)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4EB #EB9F78

analogous

#78EBD9 #78C4EB #788BEB

triadic

#78C4EB #EB78C4 #C4EB78

tetradic

#78C4EB #D978EB #EB9F78 #8BEB78

square

#78C4EB #D978EB #EB9F78 #8BEB78

split-complementary

#78C4EB #EB788B #EBD978

monochromatic

#1E90CB #43ADE3 #78C4EB #ADDBF3 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#78C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#78C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4EB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4EB	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.094 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5f1',
    500: '#78c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4eb;
$custom-light: #a5d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.348,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.49471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4EB

secondary

#F0DACF

accent

#530FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4EB

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

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