#78C6EA#78C6EA

#78C6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.092 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C6EA
RGB	rgb(120, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -14.49, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 29.14, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0603 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.092 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7857, 50.3184, 85.2837)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C6EA #EA9C78

analogous

#78EAD5 #78C6EA #788DEA

triadic

#78C6EA #EA78C6 #C6EA78

tetradic

#78C6EA #D578EA #EA9C78 #8DEA78

square

#78C6EA #D578EA #EA9C78 #8DEA78

split-complementary

#78C6EA #EA788D #EAD578

monochromatic

#1F93C8 #43B0E2 #78C6EA #ADDCF2 #E2F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#78C6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#78C6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C6EA

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C6EA	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.092 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d7f0',
    500: '#78c6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c6ea;
$custom-light: #a5d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78946,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C6EA

secondary

#C26C44

accent

#4E10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C6EA

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

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