#78C2E7#78C2E7

#78C2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.091 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78C2E7
RGBrgb(120, 194, 231)
HSLhsl(200, 70%, 69%)
HSVhsv(200, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(48.1%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.04, -13.23, -25.54)
CIE-LCHlch(75.04, 28.76, 242.61°)
OKLaboklab(77.94% -0.0568 -0.0708)
OKLCHoklch(77.94% 0.091 231.3)
XYZxyz(41.4561, 48.3430, 82.7324)
Luminance0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78C2E7 #E79D78
analogous
#78E7D5 #78C2E7 #788BE7
triadic
#78C2E7 #E778C2 #C2E778
tetradic
#78C2E7 #D578E7 #E79D78 #8BE778
square
#78C2E7 #D578E7 #E79D78 #8BE778
split-complementary
#78C2E7 #E7788B #E7D578
monochromatic
#238DC2 #44ABDE #78C2E7 #ACD9F0 #E0F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#78C2E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67
#78C2E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2E7
10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78C2E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78C2E71.001.9710.6710.67
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6721.001.001.00
##00000010.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0C0E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B3E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#40CCCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78c2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.091 231.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4ee',
    500: '#78c2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78c2e7;
$custom-light: #a5d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78c2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78C2E7
secondary
#EED8CD
accent
#5314D2
background
#FAFDFE
surface
#F4FAFD
border
#CED3D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8384

Preview Lab

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#78C2E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva