#78CAEF#78CAEF

#78CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.096 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAEF
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -15.19, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 30.11, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.063 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.096 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4405, 52.4625, 89.4290)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAEF #EF9D78

analogous

#78EFD8 #78CAEF #788FEF

triadic

#78CAEF #EF78CA #CAEF78

tetradic

#78CAEF #D878EF #EF9D78 #8FEF78

square

#78CAEF #D878EF #EF9D78 #8FEF78

split-complementary

#78CAEF #EF788F #EFD878

monochromatic

#199AD4 #41B5E9 #78CAEF #AFDFF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#78CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAEF

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAEF	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.096 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf4',
    500: '#78caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78caef;
$custom-light: #a6daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAEF

secondary

#C96C43

accent

#4B0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAEF

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

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