#78C5EA#78C5EA

#78C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.093 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C5EA
RGB	rgb(120, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -13.97, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 29.26, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0591 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.093 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5578, 49.8627, 85.2078)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C5EA #EA9D78

analogous

#78EAD6 #78C5EA #788CEA

triadic

#78C5EA #EA78C5 #C5EA78

tetradic

#78C5EA #D678EA #EA9D78 #8CEA78

square

#78C5EA #D678EA #EA9D78 #8CEA78

split-complementary

#78C5EA #EA788C #EAD678

monochromatic

#1F91C8 #43AEE2 #78C5EA #ADDCF2 #E2F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#78C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#78C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5EA

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C5EA	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.093 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6f0',
    500: '#78c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c5ea;
$custom-light: #a5d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C5EA

secondary

#EFD9CE

accent

#5010D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C5EA

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

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