#78CBEC#78CBEC

#78CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.093 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBEC
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -16.53, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 29.24, 235.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0652 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.093 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2364, 52.7575, 87.1927)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBEC #EC9978

analogous

#78ECD3 #78CBEC #7891EC

triadic

#78CBEC #EC78CB #CBEC78

tetradic

#78CBEC #D378EC #EC9978 #91EC78

square

#78CBEC #D378EC #EC9978 #91EC78

split-complementary

#78CBEC #EC7891 #ECD378

monochromatic

#1D9BCD #42B6E4 #78CBEC #AEE0F4 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#78CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBEC

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBEC	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.093 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBEC

secondary

#C56843

accent

#470ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBEC

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

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