#78CCF6#78CCF6

#78CCF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.101 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCF6
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 246)
HSL	hsl(200, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -14.26, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 31.88, 243.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0628 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.101 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9670, 53.8288, 95.1386)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCF6 #F6A278

analogous

#78F6E1 #78CCF6 #788DF6

triadic

#78CCF6 #F678CC #CCF678

tetradic

#78CCF6 #E178F6 #F6A278 #8DF678

square

#78CCF6 #E178F6 #F6A278 #8DF678

split-complementary

#78CCF6 #F6788D #F6E178

monochromatic

#0F9DE4 #3FB6F2 #78CCF6 #B1E2FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#78CCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCF6

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCF6	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BCF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.101 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf9',
    500: '#78ccf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccf6;
$custom-light: #a6dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80754,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCF6

secondary

#D17141

accent

#4D01E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCF6

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

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