#78CDF4#78CDF4

#78CDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.099 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDF4
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 244)
HSL	hsl(199, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 16%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -15.34, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 31.16, 240.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0646 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.099 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9001, 54.1836, 93.6101)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDF4 #F49F78

analogous

#78F4DD #78CDF4 #788FF4

triadic

#78CDF4 #F478CD #CDF478

tetradic

#78CDF4 #DD78F4 #F49F78 #8FF478

square

#78CDF4 #DD78F4 #F49F78 #8FF478

split-complementary

#78CDF4 #F4788F #F4DD78

monochromatic

#129FDF #3FB8EF #78CDF4 #B1E2F9 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#78CDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDF4

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDF4	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.099 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf7',
    500: '#78cdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdf4;
$custom-light: #a6dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 84.932,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80895,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDF4

secondary

#CF6E41

accent

#4A04E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDF4

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

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