#78CDF5#78CDF5

#78CDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.100 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDF5
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(199, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -15.06, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 31.45, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0642 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.1 230)
XYZ	xyz(46.0524, 54.2445, 94.4119)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDF5 #F5A078

analogous

#78F5DF #78CDF5 #788FF5

triadic

#78CDF5 #F578CD #CDF578

tetradic

#78CDF5 #DF78F5 #F5A078 #8FF578

square

#78CDF5 #DF78F5 #F5A078 #8FF578

split-complementary

#78CDF5 #F5788F #F5DF78

monochromatic

#119FE2 #3FB8F1 #78CDF5 #B1E2F9 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#78CDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDF5

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDF5	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.100 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf8',
    500: '#78cdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdf5;
$custom-light: #a6dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80934,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.54248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDF5

secondary

#D06F41

accent

#4A03E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDF5

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

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