#78CDEF#78CDEF

#78CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.095 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDEF
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -16.74, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 29.85, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0664 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.095 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1512, 53.8840, 89.6659)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDEF #EF9A78

analogous

#78EFD6 #78CDEF #7891EF

triadic

#78CDEF #EF78CD #CDEF78

tetradic

#78CDEF #D678EF #EF9A78 #91EF78

square

#78CDEF #D678EF #EF9A78 #91EF78

split-complementary

#78CDEF #EF7891 #EFD678

monochromatic

#199ED4 #41B9E9 #78CDEF #AFE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#78CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#78CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDEF

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDEF	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.095 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf4',
    500: '#78cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdef;
$custom-light: #a6dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDEF

secondary

#C96943

accent

#460ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDEF

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

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