#78C8FF#78C8FF

#78C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8FF
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(204, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -9.58, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 35.82, 254.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0553 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.111 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4434, 52.5177, 102.2778)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8FF #FFAF78

analogous

#78FFF2 #78C8FF #7884FF

triadic

#78C8FF #FF78C8 #C8FF78

tetradic

#78C8FF #F278FF #FFAF78 #84FF78

square

#78C8FF #F278FF #FFAF78 #84FF78

split-complementary

#78C8FF #FF7884 #FFF278

monochromatic

#0096FD #3BAFFF #78C8FF #B5E1FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#78C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#78C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8FF

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8FF	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DBAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8ff',
    500: '#78c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8ff;
$custom-light: #a7d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8FF

secondary

#DD7F3E

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8FF

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

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