#78C2EF#78C2EF

#78C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C2EF
RGB	rgb(120, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -10.99, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 31.39, 249.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.054 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.098 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6119, 48.8053, 88.8195)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C2EF #EFA578

analogous

#78EFE0 #78C2EF #7886EF

triadic

#78C2EF #EF78C2 #C2EF78

tetradic

#78C2EF #E078EF #EFA578 #86EF78

square

#78C2EF #E078EF #EFA578 #86EF78

split-complementary

#78C2EF #EF7886 #EFE078

monochromatic

#198DD4 #41A9E9 #78C2EF #AFDBF5 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#78C2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#78C2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C2EF

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C2EF	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4f4',
    500: '#78c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c2ef;
$custom-light: #a5d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.689,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78264,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C2EF

secondary

#F2DDD1

accent

#590ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C2EF

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