#78CBED#78CBED

#78CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.094 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBED
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -16.26, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 29.49, 236.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0649 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.094 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3821, 52.8158, 87.9600)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBED #ED9A78

analogous

#78EDD5 #78CBED #7890ED

triadic

#78CBED #ED78CB #CBED78

tetradic

#78CBED #D578ED #ED9A78 #90ED78

square

#78CBED #D578ED #ED9A78 #90ED78

split-complementary

#78CBED #ED7890 #EDD578

monochromatic

#1C9BCF #42B6E6 #78CBED #AEE0F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#78CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBED

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBED	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.094 226.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80175,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBED

secondary

#C66943

accent

#480DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBED

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

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