#78CEE5#78CEE5

#78CEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.089 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEE5
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -19.98, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 27.88, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0712 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.089 217)
XYZ	xyz(43.9546, 53.7893, 82.1797)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEE5 #E58F78

analogous

#78E5C6 #78CEE5 #7897E5

triadic

#78CEE5 #E578CE #CEE578

tetradic

#78CEE5 #C678E5 #E58F78 #97E578

square

#78CEE5 #C678E5 #E58F78 #97E578

split-complementary

#78CEE5 #E57897 #E5C678

monochromatic

#259EBE #45BBDB #78CEE5 #ABE1EF #DFF3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#78CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEE5

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEE5	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.089 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dded',
    500: '#78cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cee5;
$custom-light: #a5dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.661,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80542,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEE5

secondary

#BD5E45

accent

#3D16D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEE5

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

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