#78C6FD#78C6FD

#78C6FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.110 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C6FD
RGB	rgb(120, 198, 253)
HSL	hsl(205, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -9.10, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 35.59, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0537 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.11 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6630, 51.4693, 100.4377)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C6FD #FDAF78

analogous

#78FDF1 #78C6FD #7883FD

triadic

#78C6FD #FD78C6 #C6FD78

tetradic

#78C6FD #F178FD #FDAF78 #83FD78

square

#78C6FD #F178FD #FDAF78 #83FD78

split-complementary

#78C6FD #FD7883 #FDF178

monochromatic

#0492F7 #3CADFC #78C6FD #B4DFFE #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#78C6FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#78C6FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C6FD

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C6FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C6FD	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c6fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 198, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.110 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d7fe',
    500: '#78c6fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c6fd;
$custom-light: #a7d7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c6fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7973,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C6FD

secondary

#DA7F3F

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C6FD

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

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