#78CAEB#78CAEB

#78CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.093 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAEB
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -16.29, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 29.06, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0644 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.093 226)
XYZ	xyz(43.8561, 52.2288, 86.3512)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAEB #EB9978

analogous

#78EBD2 #78CAEB #7891EB

triadic

#78CAEB #EB78CA #CAEB78

tetradic

#78CAEB #D278EB #EB9978 #91EB78

square

#78CAEB #D278EB #EB9978 #91EB78

split-complementary

#78CAEB #EB7891 #EBD278

monochromatic

#1E99CB #43B5E3 #78CAEB #ADDFF3 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#78CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAEB

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAEB	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.093 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5daf1',
    500: '#78caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caeb;
$custom-light: #a5daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.52232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAEB

secondary

#C46844

accent

#480FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAEB

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

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