#78D2EC#78D2EC

#78D2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.094 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2EC
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -20.11, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 29.18, 226.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0731 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.094 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9269, 56.1386, 87.7562)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2EC #EC9278

analogous

#78ECCC #78D2EC #7898EC

triadic

#78D2EC #EC78D2 #D2EC78

tetradic

#78D2EC #CC78EC #EC9278 #98EC78

square

#78D2EC #CC78EC #EC9278 #98EC78

split-complementary

#78D2EC #EC7898 #ECCC78

monochromatic

#1DA5CD #42C0E4 #78D2EC #AEE4F4 #E3F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#78D2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2EC

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2EC	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.094 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f2',
    500: '#78d2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2ec;
$custom-light: #a6e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.817,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2EC

secondary

#C56043

accent

#3B0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2EC

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

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