#78CEF2#78CEF2

#78CEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.097 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEF2
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -16.42, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 30.53, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0664 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.097 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8381, 54.5427, 92.0994)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEF2 #F29C78

analogous

#78F2D9 #78CEF2 #7891F2

triadic

#78CEF2 #F278CE #CEF278

tetradic

#78CEF2 #D978F2 #F29C78 #91F278

square

#78CEF2 #D978F2 #F29C78 #91F278

split-complementary

#78CEF2 #F27891 #F2D978

monochromatic

#15A0DB #40BAED #78CEF2 #B0E2F7 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#78CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#78CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEF2

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEF2	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCBF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.097 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf6',
    500: '#78cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cef2;
$custom-light: #a6ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEF2

secondary

#CC6B42

accent

#4607DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEF2

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

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