#78CCED#78CCED

#78CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.094 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCED
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -16.77, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 29.43, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.066 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.094 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6190, 53.2896, 88.0390)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCED #ED9978

analogous

#78EDD4 #78CCED #7891ED

triadic

#78CCED #ED78CC #CCED78

tetradic

#78CCED #D478ED #ED9978 #91ED78

square

#78CCED #D478ED #ED9978 #91ED78

split-complementary

#78CCED #ED7891 #EDD478

monochromatic

#1C9CCF #42B8E6 #78CCED #AEE0F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#78CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCED

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCED	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.094 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf3',
    500: '#78cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cced;
$custom-light: #a6dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCED

secondary

#C66843

accent

#460DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCED

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

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