#78CAEC#78CAEC

#78CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.093 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAEC
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -16.02, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 29.31, 236.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0641 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.093 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0010, 52.2867, 87.1142)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAEC #EC9A78

analogous

#78ECD4 #78CAEC #7890EC

triadic

#78CAEC #EC78CA #CAEC78

tetradic

#78CAEC #D478EC #EC9A78 #90EC78

square

#78CAEC #D478EC #EC9A78 #90EC78

split-complementary

#78CAEC #EC7890 #ECD478

monochromatic

#1D99CD #42B5E4 #78CAEC #AEDFF4 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#78CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAEC

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAEC	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.093 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf2',
    500: '#78caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caec;
$custom-light: #a6daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAEC

secondary

#C56943

accent

#490ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAEC

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

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