#78CAEA#78CAEA

#78CAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.092 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAEA
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -16.57, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 28.82, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0648 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.092 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7120, 52.1711, 85.5925)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAEA #EA9878

analogous

#78EAD1 #78CAEA #7891EA

triadic

#78CAEA #EA78CA #CAEA78

tetradic

#78CAEA #D178EA #EA9878 #91EA78

square

#78CAEA #D178EA #EA9878 #91EA78

split-complementary

#78CAEA #EA7891 #EAD178

monochromatic

#1F99C8 #43B5E2 #78CAEA #ADDFF2 #E2F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#78CAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAEA

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAEA	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.092 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5daf0',
    500: '#78caea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caea;
$custom-light: #a5daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAEA

secondary

#C26744

accent

#4810D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAEA

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

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