#78C8EA#78C8EA

#78C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.092 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8EA
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -15.53, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 28.95, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0625 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.092 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2458, 51.2387, 85.4371)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8EA #EA9A78

analogous

#78EAD3 #78C8EA #788FEA

triadic

#78C8EA #EA78C8 #C8EA78

tetradic

#78C8EA #D378EA #EA9A78 #8FEA78

square

#78C8EA #D378EA #EA9A78 #8FEA78

split-complementary

#78C8EA #EA788F #EAD378

monochromatic

#1F96C8 #43B2E2 #78C8EA #ADDEF2 #E2F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#78C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8EA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8EA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.092 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8f0',
    500: '#78c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ea;
$custom-light: #a5d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8EA

secondary

#C26A44

accent

#4B10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8EA

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

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