#78C7EA#78C7EA

#78C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.092 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C7EA
RGB	rgb(120, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -15.01, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 29.04, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0614 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.092 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0150, 50.7770, 85.3601)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C7EA #EA9B78

analogous

#78EAD4 #78C7EA #788EEA

triadic

#78C7EA #EA78C7 #C7EA78

tetradic

#78C7EA #D478EA #EA9B78 #8EEA78

square

#78C7EA #D478EA #EA9B78 #8EEA78

split-complementary

#78C7EA #EA788E #EAD478

monochromatic

#1F94C8 #43B1E2 #78C7EA #ADDDF2 #E2F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#78C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#78C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C7EA

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C7EA	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.092 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8f0',
    500: '#78c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c7ea;
$custom-light: #a5d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79168,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C7EA

secondary

#C26B44

accent

#4D10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C7EA

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

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