#78CAED#78CAED

#78CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.094 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAED
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -15.74, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 29.57, 237.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0637 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.094 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1467, 52.3450, 87.8815)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAED #ED9B78

analogous

#78EDD6 #78CAED #788FED

triadic

#78CAED #ED78CA #CAED78

tetradic

#78CAED #D678ED #ED9B78 #8FED78

square

#78CAED #D678ED #ED9B78 #8FED78

split-complementary

#78CAED #ED788F #EDD678

monochromatic

#1C99CF #42B5E6 #78CAED #AEDFF4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#78CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAED

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAED	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.094 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf3',
    500: '#78caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caed;
$custom-light: #a6daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAED

secondary

#C66A43

accent

#4A0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAED

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

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