#78CAEE#78CAEE

#78CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.095 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAEE
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -15.46, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 29.83, 238.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0634 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.095 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2932, 52.4036, 88.6531)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAEE #EE9C78

analogous

#78EED7 #78CAEE #788FEE

triadic

#78CAEE #EE78CA #CAEE78

tetradic

#78CAEE #D778EE #EE9C78 #8FEE78

square

#78CAEE #D778EE #EE9C78 #8FEE78

split-complementary

#78CAEE #EE788F #EED778

monochromatic

#1A99D1 #42B5E7 #78CAEE #AEDFF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#78CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAEE

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAEE	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.095 228.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAEE

secondary

#C76B43

accent

#4B0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAEE

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

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