#78CEE2#78CEE2

#78CEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.088 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEE2
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -20.78, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 27.48, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0724 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.088 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5393, 53.6232, 79.9927)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEE2 #E28C78

analogous

#78E2C1 #78CEE2 #7899E2

triadic

#78CEE2 #E278CE #CEE278

tetradic

#78CEE2 #C178E2 #E28C78 #99E278

square

#78CEE2 #C178E2 #E28C78 #99E278

split-complementary

#78CEE2 #E27899 #E2C178

monochromatic

#289DB8 #46BCD7 #78CEE2 #AAE0ED #DDF3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#78CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEE2

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEE2	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)

#BFC9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.088 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ddeb',
    500: '#78cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cee2;
$custom-light: #a5ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEE2

secondary

#B95B46

accent

#3B19CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEE2

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

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