#78CDEE#78CDEE

#78CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.095 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDEE
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -17.01, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 29.61, 234.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0667 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.095 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0039, 53.8251, 88.8900)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDEE #EE9978

analogous

#78EED4 #78CDEE #7892EE

triadic

#78CDEE #EE78CD #CDEE78

tetradic

#78CDEE #D478EE #EE9978 #92EE78

square

#78CDEE #D478EE #EE9978 #92EE78

split-complementary

#78CDEE #EE7892 #EED478

monochromatic

#1A9ED1 #42B9E7 #78CDEE #AEE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#78CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDEE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDEE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.095 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf3',
    500: '#78cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdee;
$custom-light: #a6dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.78,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80659,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDEE

secondary

#C76843

accent

#450CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDEE

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

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