#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
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -13.23, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 28.76, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0568 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.091 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4561, 48.3430, 82.7324)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##78C2E7	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #78C2E7

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

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