#78D2ED#78D2ED

#78D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.094 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2ED
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -19.84, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 29.34, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0727 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.094 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0726, 56.1969, 88.5235)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2ED #ED9378

analogous

#78EDCD #78D2ED #7898ED

triadic

#78D2ED #ED78D2 #D2ED78

tetradic

#78D2ED #CD78ED #ED9378 #98ED78

square

#78D2ED #CD78ED #ED9378 #98ED78

split-complementary

#78D2ED #ED7898 #EDCD78

monochromatic

#1CA6CF #42C0E6 #78D2ED #AEE4F4 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#78D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2ED

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2ED	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.094 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f2',
    500: '#78d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2ed;
$custom-light: #a6e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81737,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2ED

secondary

#C66143

accent

#3C0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2ED

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

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