#78B2CA#78B2CA

#78B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.069 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2CA
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -12.64, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 22.09, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0483 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.069 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3231, 40.0959, 61.7963)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2CA #CA9078

analogous

#78CAB9 #78B2CA #7889CA

triadic

#78B2CA #CA78B2 #B2CA78

tetradic

#78B2CA #B978CA #CA9078 #89CA78

square

#78B2CA #B978CA #CA9078 #89CA78

split-complementary

#78B2CA #CA7889 #CAB978

monochromatic

#38768F #4C99B9 #78B2CA #A4CBDB #D0E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#78B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#78B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2CA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2CA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.069 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9da',
    500: '#78b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2ca;
$custom-light: #a2c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73235,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2CA

secondary

#DEC9C0

accent

#572FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2CA

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

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