#78CAFE#78CAFE

#78CAFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.109 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAFE
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(203, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -10.93, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 34.94, 251.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0578 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.109 238)
XYZ	xyz(46.7491, 53.3860, 101.5877)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAFE #FEAC78

analogous

#78FEEF #78CAFE #7887FE

triadic

#78CAFE #FE78CA #CAFE78

tetradic

#78CAFE #EF78FE #FEAC78 #87FE78

square

#78CAFE #EF78FE #FEAC78 #87FE78

split-complementary

#78CAFE #FE7887 #FEEF78

monochromatic

#029AFA #3BB2FE #78CAFE #B5E2FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#78CAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAFE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAFE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BBFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ED7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.109 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7daff',
    500: '#78cafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cafe;
$custom-light: #a7daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80645,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.5339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAFE

secondary

#DC7C3F

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAFE

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

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