#78C2DF#78C2DF

#78C2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.084 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2DF
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 13%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -15.43, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 26.57, 234.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0597 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.084 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3520, 47.9013, 76.9172)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2DF #DF9578

analogous

#78DFC8 #78C2DF #788FDF

triadic

#78C2DF #DF78C2 #C2DF78

tetradic

#78C2DF #C878DF #DF9578 #8FDF78

square

#78C2DF #C878DF #DF9578 #8FDF78

split-complementary

#78C2DF #DF788F #DFC878

monochromatic

#2A8CB2 #47ACD3 #78C2DF #A9D8EB #DBEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#78C2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#78C2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2DF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2DF	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.084 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d4e9',
    500: '#78c2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2df;
$custom-light: #a4d4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77625,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2DF

secondary

#EAD2C9

accent

#4D1CC9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2DF

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

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