#78CBFF#78CBFF

#78CBFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.110 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBFF
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -11.17, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 35.06, 251.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0586 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.11 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1450, 53.9210, 102.5117)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBFF #FFAC78

analogous

#78FFEF #78CBFF #7887FF

triadic

#78CBFF #FF78CB #CBFF78

tetradic

#78CBFF #EF78FF #FFAC78 #87FF78

square

#78CBFF #EF78FF #FFAC78 #87FF78

split-complementary

#78CBFF #FF7887 #FFEF78

monochromatic

#009BFD #3BB3FF #78CBFF #B5E3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#78CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBFF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBFF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.110 237.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBFF

secondary

#DD7B3E

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBFF

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

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