#78C8FE#78C8FE

#78C8FE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8FE
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 254)
HSL	hsl(204, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -9.87, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 35.44, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0556 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.11 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2829, 52.4535, 101.4323)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8FE #FEAE78

analogous

#78FEF1 #78C8FE #7885FE

triadic

#78C8FE #FE78C8 #C8FE78

tetradic

#78C8FE #F178FE #FEAE78 #85FE78

square

#78C8FE #F178FE #FEAE78 #85FE78

split-complementary

#78C8FE #FE7885 #FEF178

monochromatic

#0296FA #3BAFFE #78C8FE #B5E1FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78C8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#78C8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8FE

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8FE	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8ff',
    500: '#78c8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8fe;
$custom-light: #a7d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80209,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8FE

secondary

#DC7E3F

accent

#5C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8FE

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

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