#78CDEC#78CDEC

#78CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.093 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDEC
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -17.56, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 29.15, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0675 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.093 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7117, 53.7082, 87.3512)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDEC #EC9778

analogous

#78ECD1 #78CDEC #7893EC

triadic

#78CDEC #EC78CD #CDEC78

tetradic

#78CDEC #D178EC #EC9778 #93EC78

square

#78CDEC #D178EC #EC9778 #93EC78

split-complementary

#78CDEC #EC7893 #ECD178

monochromatic

#1D9ECD #42B9E4 #78CDEC #AEE1F4 #E3F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#78CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDEC

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDEC	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.093 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf2',
    500: '#78cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdec;
$custom-light: #a6dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80582,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDEC

secondary

#C56643

accent

#440ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDEC

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

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