#78D2EE#78D2EE

#78D2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2EE
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -19.57, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 29.52, 228.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0723 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.095 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2191, 56.2555, 89.2951)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2EE #EE9478

analogous

#78EECF #78D2EE #7897EE

triadic

#78D2EE #EE78D2 #D2EE78

tetradic

#78D2EE #CF78EE #EE9478 #97EE78

square

#78D2EE #CF78EE #EE9478 #97EE78

split-complementary

#78D2EE #EE7897 #EECF78

monochromatic

#1AA6D1 #42C0E7 #78D2EE #AEE4F5 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#78D2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2EE

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2EE	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f3',
    500: '#78d2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2ee;
$custom-light: #a6e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81775,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2EE

secondary

#C76243

accent

#3D0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2EE

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

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