#78CDF8#78CDF8

#78CDF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.103 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDF8
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -14.22, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 32.34, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0632 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.103 232)
XYZ	xyz(46.5141, 54.4291, 96.8434)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDF8 #F8A378

analogous

#78F8E3 #78CDF8 #788DF8

triadic

#78CDF8 #F878CD #CDF878

tetradic

#78CDF8 #E378F8 #F8A378 #8DF878

square

#78CDF8 #E378F8 #F8A378 #8DF878

split-complementary

#78CDF8 #F8788D #F8E378

monochromatic

#0C9FE9 #3EB7F5 #78CDF8 #B2E3FB #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#78CDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#78CDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDF8

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDF8	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.103 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcfa',
    500: '#78cdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdf8;
$custom-light: #a7dcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.156,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81055,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.54433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDF8

secondary

#D47240

accent

#4D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDF8

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

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