#78C5F4#78C5F4

#78C5F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.102 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C5F4
RGB	rgb(120, 197, 244)
HSL	hsl(203, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -11.15, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 32.51, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0556 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.102 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0352, 50.4537, 92.9884)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C5F4 #F4A778

analogous

#78F4E5 #78C5F4 #7887F4

triadic

#78C5F4 #F478C5 #C5F478

tetradic

#78C5F4 #E578F4 #F4A778 #87F478

square

#78C5F4 #E578F4 #F4A778 #87F478

split-complementary

#78C5F4 #F47887 #F4E578

monochromatic

#1292DF #3FADEF #78C5F4 #B1DDF9 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#78C5F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#78C5F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5F4

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C5F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C5F4	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC4F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31D1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c5f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.102 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d6f8',
    500: '#78c5f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c5f4;
$custom-light: #a6d6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c5f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 84.932,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79131,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C5F4

secondary

#CF7741

accent

#5804E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C5F4

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

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