#78CAE2#78CAE2

#78CAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.087 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAE2
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -18.75, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 27.18, 226.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0678 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.087 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5886, 51.7218, 79.6758)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAE2 #E29078

analogous

#78E2C5 #78CAE2 #7895E2

triadic

#78CAE2 #E278CA #CAE278

tetradic

#78CAE2 #C578E2 #E29078 #95E278

square

#78CAE2 #C578E2 #E29078 #95E278

split-complementary

#78CAE2 #E27895 #E2C578

monochromatic

#2897B8 #46B6D7 #78CAE2 #AADEED #DDF2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#78CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAE2

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAE2	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.087 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5daeb',
    500: '#78cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cae2;
$custom-light: #a5daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAE2

secondary

#B96046

accent

#4219CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAE2

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

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