#78CEF8#78CEF8

#78CEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.102 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEF8
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -14.74, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 32.19, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0643 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.102 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7540, 54.9091, 96.9234)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEF8 #F8A278

analogous

#78F8E2 #78CEF8 #788EF8

triadic

#78CEF8 #F878CE #CEF878

tetradic

#78CEF8 #E278F8 #F8A278 #8EF878

square

#78CEF8 #E278F8 #F8A278 #8EF878

split-complementary

#78CEF8 #F8788E #F8E278

monochromatic

#0CA1E9 #3EB9F5 #78CEF8 #B2E3FB #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78CEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#78CEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEF8

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEF8	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CBFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.102 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfa',
    500: '#78cef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cef8;
$custom-light: #a7ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81276,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEF8

secondary

#D47140

accent

#4B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEF8

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

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