#78CEEE#78CEEE

#78CEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.095 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEEE
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -17.53, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 29.56, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0679 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.095 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2439, 54.3050, 88.9700)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEEE #EE9878

analogous

#78EED3 #78CEEE #7893EE

triadic

#78CEEE #EE78CE #CEEE78

tetradic

#78CEEE #D378EE #EE9878 #93EE78

square

#78CEEE #D378EE #EE9878 #93EE78

split-complementary

#78CEEE #EE7893 #EED378

monochromatic

#1AA0D1 #42BAE7 #78CEEE #AEE2F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#78CEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEEE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEEE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.095 224.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.09462,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEEE

secondary

#C76743

accent

#440CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEEE

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

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