#78C4E2#78C4E2

#78C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.087 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4E2
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -15.65, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 27.20, 234.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0609 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.087 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2081, 48.9607, 79.2156)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4E2 #E29678

analogous

#78E2CB #78C4E2 #788FE2

triadic

#78C4E2 #E278C4 #C4E278

tetradic

#78C4E2 #CB78E2 #E29678 #8FE278

square

#78C4E2 #CB78E2 #E29678 #8FE278

split-complementary

#78C4E2 #E2788F #E2CB78

monochromatic

#288FB8 #46AED7 #78C4E2 #AADAED #DDF0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#78C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#78C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4E2

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4E2	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.087 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6eb',
    500: '#78c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4e2;
$custom-light: #a5d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4E2

secondary

#EBD4CB

accent

#4C19CC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4E2

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

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