#78CCEF#78CCEF

#78CCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.095 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCEF
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -16.22, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 29.92, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0653 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.095 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9128, 53.4071, 89.5865)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCEF #EF9B78

analogous

#78EFD6 #78CCEF #7890EF

triadic

#78CCEF #EF78CC #CCEF78

tetradic

#78CCEF #D678EF #EF9B78 #90EF78

square

#78CCEF #D678EF #EF9B78 #90EF78

split-complementary

#78CCEF #EF7890 #EFD678

monochromatic

#199DD4 #41B7E9 #78CCEF #AFE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#78CCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCEF

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCEF	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.095 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf4',
    500: '#78ccef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccef;
$custom-light: #a6dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80475,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCEF

secondary

#C96A43

accent

#480ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCEF

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

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