#78CFE5#78CFE5

#78CFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.089 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CFE5
RGB	rgb(120, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -20.48, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 27.95, 222.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0724 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.089 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1961, 54.2723, 82.2602)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CFE5 #E58E78

analogous

#78E5C4 #78CFE5 #7898E5

triadic

#78CFE5 #E578CF #CFE578

tetradic

#78CFE5 #C478E5 #E58E78 #98E578

square

#78CFE5 #C478E5 #E58E78 #98E578

split-complementary

#78CFE5 #E57898 #E5C478

monochromatic

#259FBE #45BDDB #78CFE5 #ABE1EF #DFF3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#78CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CFE5

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CFE5	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.089 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dded',
    500: '#78cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cfe5;
$custom-light: #a5dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.11,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CFE5

secondary

#BD5D45

accent

#3B16D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CFE5

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

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