#78C2E8#78C2E8

#78C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.092 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2E8
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -12.95, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 29.07, 243.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0564 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.092 232)
XYZ	xyz(41.5977, 48.3996, 83.4783)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2E8 #E89E78

analogous

#78E8D6 #78C2E8 #788AE8

triadic

#78C2E8 #E878C2 #C2E878

tetradic

#78C2E8 #D678E8 #E89E78 #8AE878

square

#78C2E8 #D678E8 #E89E78 #8AE878

split-complementary

#78C2E8 #E8788A #E8D678

monochromatic

#218DC4 #44AADF #78C2E8 #ACDAF1 #E1F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#78C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#78C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2E8

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2E8	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.092 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4ef',
    500: '#78c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2e8;
$custom-light: #a5d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.357,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77978,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.48403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2E8

secondary

#EED9CD

accent

#5413D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2E8

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

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