#78CEF9#78CEF9

#78CEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.103 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEF9
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 249)
HSL	hsl(200, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -14.46, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 32.49, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0639 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.103 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9096, 54.9713, 97.7427)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEF9 #F9A378

analogous

#78F9E3 #78CEF9 #788EF9

triadic

#78CEF9 #F978CE #CEF978

tetradic

#78CEF9 #E378F9 #F9A378 #8EF978

square

#78CEF9 #E378F9 #F9A378 #8EF978

split-complementary

#78CEF9 #F9788E #F9E378

monochromatic

#0AA1EC #3DB9F6 #78CEF9 #B3E3FC #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78CEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#78CEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEF9

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEF9	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CCFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.103 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfb',
    500: '#78cef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cef9;
$custom-light: #a7ddfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81316,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEF9

secondary

#D57240

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEF9

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

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