#78C2EA#78C2EA

#78C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.093 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2EA
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -12.39, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 29.70, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0557 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.093 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8834, 48.5139, 84.9830)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2EA #EAA078

analogous

#78EAD9 #78C2EA #7889EA

triadic

#78C2EA #EA78C2 #C2EA78

tetradic

#78C2EA #D978EA #EAA078 #89EA78

square

#78C2EA #D978EA #EAA078 #89EA78

split-complementary

#78C2EA #EA7889 #EAD978

monochromatic

#1F8DC8 #43AAE2 #78C2EA #ADDAF2 #E2F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#78C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2EA

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2EA	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.093 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4f0',
    500: '#78c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2ea;
$custom-light: #a5d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2EA

secondary

#EFDACE

accent

#5510D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2EA

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

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