#78CEEA#78CEEA

#78CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.092 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEEA
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -18.62, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 28.73, 229.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0693 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.092 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6628, 54.0726, 85.9094)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEEA #EA9478

analogous

#78EACD #78CEEA #7895EA

triadic

#78CEEA #EA78CE #CEEA78

tetradic

#78CEEA #CD78EA #EA9478 #95EA78

square

#78CEEA #CD78EA #EA9478 #95EA78

split-complementary

#78CEEA #EA7895 #EACD78

monochromatic

#1F9FC8 #43BBE2 #78CEEA #ADE1F2 #E2F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#78CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEEA

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEEA	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.092 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf0',
    500: '#78ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceea;
$custom-light: #a6ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80729,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEEA

secondary

#C26344

accent

#4110D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEEA

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

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