#78D2EF#78D2EF

#78D2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D2EF
RGB	rgb(120, 210, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -19.30, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 29.71, 229.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.072 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.095 221)
XYZ	xyz(46.3664, 56.3144, 90.0710)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D2EF #EF9578

analogous

#78EFD1 #78D2EF #7896EF

triadic

#78D2EF #EF78D2 #D2EF78

tetradic

#78D2EF #D178EF #EF9578 #96EF78

square

#78D2EF #D178EF #EF9578 #96EF78

split-complementary

#78D2EF #EF7896 #EFD178

monochromatic

#19A6D4 #41C0E9 #78D2EF #AFE4F5 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#78D2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D2EF

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D2EF	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 210, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0f4',
    500: '#78d2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d2ef;
$custom-light: #a6e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81813,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.56318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D2EF

secondary

#C96343

accent

#3D0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D2EF

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

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