#78CCFF#78CCFF

#78CCFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.109 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCFF
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -11.70, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 34.83, 250.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0597 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.109 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3820, 54.3948, 102.5907)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCFF #FFAB78

analogous

#78FFEF #78CCFF #7888FF

triadic

#78CCFF #FF78CC #CCFF78

tetradic

#78CCFF #EF78FF #FFAB78 #88FF78

square

#78CCFF #EF78FF #FFAB78 #88FF78

split-complementary

#78CCFF #FF7888 #FFEF78

monochromatic

#009DFD #3BB5FF #78CCFF #B5E3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#78CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCFF

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCFF	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BD9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.109 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dbff',
    500: '#78ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccff;
$custom-light: #a7dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCFF

secondary

#DD7A3E

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCFF

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

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