#78CFEF#78CFEF

#78CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.095 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CFEF
RGB	rgb(120, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.76, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 29.75, 233.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0686 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.095 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6327, 54.8469, 89.8264)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CFEF #EF9878

analogous

#78EFD3 #78CFEF #7894EF

triadic

#78CFEF #EF78CF #CFEF78

tetradic

#78CFEF #D378EF #EF9878 #94EF78

square

#78CFEF #D378EF #EF9878 #94EF78

split-complementary

#78CFEF #EF7894 #EFD378

monochromatic

#19A1D4 #41BCE9 #78CFEF #AFE2F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#78CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CFEF

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CFEF	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.095 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf4',
    500: '#78cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cfef;
$custom-light: #a6ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CFEF

secondary

#C96743

accent

#430ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CFEF

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

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