#78C8EE#78C8EE

#78C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.095 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8EE
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -14.42, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 30.05, 241.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0611 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.095 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8270, 51.4711, 88.4977)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8EE #EE9E78

analogous

#78EED9 #78C8EE #788DEE

triadic

#78C8EE #EE78C8 #C8EE78

tetradic

#78C8EE #D978EE #EE9E78 #8DEE78

square

#78C8EE #D978EE #EE9E78 #8DEE78

split-complementary

#78C8EE #EE788D #EED978

monochromatic

#1A96D1 #42B2E7 #78C8EE #AEDEF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#78C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8EE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8EE	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.095 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f3',
    500: '#78c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ee;
$custom-light: #a6d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8EE

secondary

#C76E43

accent

#4E0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8EE

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

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