#78CEEB#78CEEB

#78CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.093 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEEB
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -18.35, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 28.92, 230.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.069 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.093 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8068, 54.1302, 86.6681)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEEB #EB9578

analogous

#78EBCE #78CEEB #7895EB

triadic

#78CEEB #EB78CE #CEEB78

tetradic

#78CEEB #CE78EB #EB9578 #95EB78

square

#78CEEB #CE78EB #EB9578 #95EB78

split-complementary

#78CEEB #EB7895 #EBCE78

monochromatic

#1E9FCB #43BBE3 #78CEEB #ADE1F3 #E3F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#78CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEEB

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEEB	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.093 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf1',
    500: '#78ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceeb;
$custom-light: #a6ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEEB

secondary

#C46444

accent

#410FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEEB

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

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