#78CEED#78CEED

#78CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.094 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEED
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -17.80, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 29.34, 232.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0682 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.094 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0974, 54.2464, 88.1984)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEED #ED9778

analogous

#78EDD1 #78CEED #7894ED

triadic

#78CEED #ED78CE #CEED78

tetradic

#78CEED #D178ED #ED9778 #94ED78

square

#78CEED #D178ED #ED9778 #94ED78

split-complementary

#78CEED #ED7894 #EDD178

monochromatic

#1C9FCF #42BAE6 #78CEED #AEE2F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#78CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEED

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEED	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.094 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf3',
    500: '#78ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceed;
$custom-light: #a6ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80843,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEED

secondary

#C66643

accent

#430DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEED

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

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