#78C8EC#78C8EC

#78C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.094 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8EC
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -14.98, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 29.49, 239.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0618 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.094 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5348, 51.3543, 86.9588)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8EC #EC9C78

analogous

#78ECD6 #78C8EC #788EEC

triadic

#78C8EC #EC78C8 #C8EC78

tetradic

#78C8EC #D678EC #EC9C78 #8EEC78

square

#78C8EC #D678EC #EC9C78 #8EEC78

split-complementary

#78C8EC #EC788E #ECD678

monochromatic

#1D96CD #42B2E4 #78C8EC #AEDEF4 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#78C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8EC

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8EC	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.094 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8f2',
    500: '#78c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ec;
$custom-light: #a5d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79469,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8EC

secondary

#C56C43

accent

#4D0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8EC

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

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