#78CCF5#78CCF5

#78CCF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.100 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCF5
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 245)
HSL	hsl(200, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -14.54, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 31.58, 242.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0631 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.1 231)
XYZ	xyz(45.8139, 53.7676, 94.3324)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCF5 #F5A178

analogous

#78F5E0 #78CCF5 #788EF5

triadic

#78CCF5 #F578CC #CCF578

tetradic

#78CCF5 #E078F5 #F5A178 #8EF578

square

#78CCF5 #E078F5 #F5A178 #8EF578

split-complementary

#78CCF5 #F5788E #F5E078

monochromatic

#119DE2 #3FB6F1 #78CCF5 #B1E2F9 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#78CCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCF5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCF5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BCF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.100 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf8',
    500: '#78ccf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccf5;
$custom-light: #a6dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80713,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.53771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCF5

secondary

#D07041

accent

#4C03E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCF5

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

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