#78C2DD#78C2DD

#78C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.083 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2DD
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -15.97, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 26.11, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0604 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.083 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0839, 47.7941, 75.5055)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2DD #DD9378

analogous

#78DDC6 #78C2DD #7890DD

triadic

#78C2DD #DD78C2 #C2DD78

tetradic

#78C2DD #C678DD #DD9378 #90DD78

square

#78C2DD #C678DD #DD9378 #90DD78

split-complementary

#78C2DD #DD7890 #DDC678

monochromatic

#2C8CAF #47ACD1 #78C2DD #A9D8E9 #DAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#78C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#78C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2DD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2DD	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.083 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4e7',
    500: '#78c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2dd;
$custom-light: #a4d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2DD

secondary

#E9D1C8

accent

#4B1EC7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2DD

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

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