#78CEEF#78CEEF

#78CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.095 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEEF
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -17.25, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 29.79, 234.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0675 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.095 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3912, 54.3639, 89.7459)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEEF #EF9978

analogous

#78EFD5 #78CEEF #7892EF

triadic

#78CEEF #EF78CE #CEEF78

tetradic

#78CEEF #D578EF #EF9978 #92EF78

square

#78CEEF #D578EF #EF9978 #92EF78

split-complementary

#78CEEF #EF7892 #EFD578

monochromatic

#19A0D4 #41BAE9 #78CEEF #AFE2F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#78CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEEF

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEEF	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.095 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf4',
    500: '#78ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ceef;
$custom-light: #a6ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8092,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEEF

secondary

#C96843

accent

#440ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEEF

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

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