#78CBEE#78CBEE

#78CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.095 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBEE
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -15.98, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 29.74, 237.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0645 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.095 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5286, 52.8744, 88.7316)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBEE #EE9B78

analogous

#78EED6 #78CBEE #7890EE

triadic

#78CBEE #EE78CB #CBEE78

tetradic

#78CBEE #D678EE #EE9B78 #90EE78

square

#78CBEE #D678EE #EE9B78 #90EE78

split-complementary

#78CBEE #EE7890 #EED678

monochromatic

#1A9BD1 #42B6E7 #78CBEE #AEE0F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#78CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBEE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBEE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.095 227.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80214,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBEE

secondary

#C76A43

accent

#490CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBEE

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

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