#78CEEC#78CEEC

#78CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.093 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEEC
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -18.08, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 29.13, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0686 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.093 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9517, 54.1881, 87.4312)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEEC #EC9678

analogous

#78ECD0 #78CEEC #7894EC

triadic

#78CEEC #EC78CE #CEEC78

tetradic

#78CEEC #D078EC #EC9678 #94EC78

square

#78CEEC #D078EC #EC9678 #94EC78

split-complementary

#78CEEC #EC7894 #ECD078

monochromatic

#1D9FCD #42BBE4 #78CEEC #AEE1F4 #E3F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#78CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEEC

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEEC	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.093 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf2',
    500: '#78ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceec;
$custom-light: #a6ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEEC

secondary

#C56543

accent

#420ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEEC

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

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