#78D2EA#78D2EA

#78D2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.093 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2EA
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -20.65, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 28.87, 224.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0739 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.093 217)
XYZ	xyz(45.6380, 56.0230, 86.2345)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2EA #EA9078

analogous

#78EAC9 #78D2EA #7899EA

triadic

#78D2EA #EA78D2 #D2EA78

tetradic

#78D2EA #C978EA #EA9078 #99EA78

square

#78D2EA #C978EA #EA9078 #99EA78

split-complementary

#78D2EA #EA7899 #EAC978

monochromatic

#1FA5C8 #43C0E2 #78D2EA #ADE4F2 #E2F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#78D2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2EA

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2EA	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.093 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f0',
    500: '#78d2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2ea;
$custom-light: #a6e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.56027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2EA

secondary

#C25E44

accent

#3A10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2EA

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

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