#78CDEB#78CDEB

#78CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.093 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDEB
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -17.84, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 28.93, 231.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0678 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.093 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5669, 53.6502, 86.5882)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDEB #EB9678

analogous

#78EBD0 #78CDEB #7894EB

triadic

#78CDEB #EB78CD #CDEB78

tetradic

#78CDEB #D078EB #EB9678 #94EB78

square

#78CDEB #D078EB #EB9678 #94EB78

split-complementary

#78CDEB #EB7894 #EBD078

monochromatic

#1E9ECB #43B9E3 #78CDEB #ADE1F3 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#78CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDEB

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDEB	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.093 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf1',
    500: '#78cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdeb;
$custom-light: #a6dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDEB

secondary

#C46544

accent

#430FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDEB

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

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