#78CEF0#78CEF0

#78CEF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.096 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEF0
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -16.98, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 30.03, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0671 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.096 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5393, 54.4232, 90.5261)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEF0 #F09A78

analogous

#78F0D6 #78CEF0 #7892F0

triadic

#78CEF0 #F078CE #CEF078

tetradic

#78CEF0 #D678F0 #F09A78 #92F078

square

#78CEF0 #D678F0 #F09A78 #92F078

split-complementary

#78CEF0 #F07892 #F0D678

monochromatic

#18A0D6 #41BAEA #78CEF0 #AFE2F6 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#78CEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEF0

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEF0	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.096 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf5',
    500: '#78cef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cef0;
$custom-light: #a6ddf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80959,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEF0

secondary

#CA6942

accent

#4509DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEF0

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

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