#78D2EB#78D2EB

#78D2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.093 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2EB
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -20.38, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 29.02, 225.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0735 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.093 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7820, 56.0806, 86.9932)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2EB #EB9178

analogous

#78EBCA #78D2EB #7899EB

triadic

#78D2EB #EB78D2 #D2EB78

tetradic

#78D2EB #CA78EB #EB9178 #99EB78

square

#78D2EB #CA78EB #EB9178 #99EB78

split-complementary

#78D2EB #EB7899 #EBCA78

monochromatic

#1EA5CB #43C0E3 #78D2EB #ADE4F3 #E3F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#78D2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2EB

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2EB	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.093 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f1',
    500: '#78d2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2eb;
$custom-light: #a6e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81663,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2EB

secondary

#C45F44

accent

#3A0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2EB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →