#78C2ED#78C2ED

#78C2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.096 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2ED
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -11.55, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 30.70, 247.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0546 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.096 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3181, 48.6877, 87.2720)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2ED #EDA378

analogous

#78EDDD #78C2ED #7888ED

triadic

#78C2ED #ED78C2 #C2ED78

tetradic

#78C2ED #DD78ED #EDA378 #88ED78

square

#78C2ED #DD78ED #EDA378 #88ED78

split-complementary

#78C2ED #ED7888 #EDDD78

monochromatic

#1C8DCF #42AAE6 #78C2ED #AEDAF4 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#78C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2ED

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2ED	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ACDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.096 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4f3',
    500: '#78c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2ed;
$custom-light: #a5d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.051,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78181,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2ED

secondary

#F1DCD0

accent

#580DD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2ED

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

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