#78C8EF#78C8EF

#78C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.096 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8EF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -14.14, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 30.35, 242.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0607 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.096 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9743, 51.5301, 89.2736)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8EF #EF9F78

analogous

#78EFDB #78C8EF #788CEF

triadic

#78C8EF #EF78C8 #C8EF78

tetradic

#78C8EF #DB78EF #EF9F78 #8CEF78

square

#78C8EF #DB78EF #EF9F78 #8CEF78

split-complementary

#78C8EF #EF788C #EFDB78

monochromatic

#1996D4 #41B2E9 #78C8EF #AFDEF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#78C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8EF

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8EF	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.096 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f4',
    500: '#78c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ef;
$custom-light: #a6d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79588,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8EF

secondary

#C96F43

accent

#4F0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8EF

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

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