#78C8EB#78C8EB

#78C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.093 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8EB
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -15.26, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 29.21, 238.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0622 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.093 228)
XYZ	xyz(43.3899, 51.2963, 86.1958)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8EB #EB9B78

analogous

#78EBD5 #78C8EB #788FEB

triadic

#78C8EB #EB78C8 #C8EB78

tetradic

#78C8EB #D578EB #EB9B78 #8FEB78

square

#78C8EB #D578EB #EB9B78 #8FEB78

split-complementary

#78C8EB #EB788F #EBD578

monochromatic

#1E96CB #43B2E3 #78C8EB #ADDEF3 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#78C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#78C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8EB

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8EB	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.093 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8f1',
    500: '#78c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8eb;
$custom-light: #a5d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8EB

secondary

#C46B44

accent

#4C0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8EB

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

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