#78C5EF#78C5EF

#78C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.097 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C5EF
RGB	rgb(120, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -12.57, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 30.81, 245.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0574 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.097 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2863, 50.1541, 89.0443)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C5EF #EFA278

analogous

#78EFDD #78C5EF #788AEF

triadic

#78C5EF #EF78C5 #C5EF78

tetradic

#78C5EF #DD78EF #EFA278 #8AEF78

square

#78C5EF #DD78EF #EFA278 #8AEF78

split-complementary

#78C5EF #EF788A #EFDD78

monochromatic

#1992D4 #41ADE9 #78C5EF #AFDDF5 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#78C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#78C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5EF

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C5EF	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.097 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d6f4',
    500: '#78c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c5ef;
$custom-light: #a6d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78925,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C5EF

secondary

#C97243

accent

#540ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C5EF

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

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