#78CDFA#78CDFA

#78CDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.104 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDFA
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 250)
HSL	hsl(201, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -13.65, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 32.96, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0625 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.104 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8260, 54.5539, 98.4863)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDFA #FAA578

analogous

#78FAE6 #78CDFA #788CFA

triadic

#78CDFA #FA78CD #CDFA78

tetradic

#78CDFA #E678FA #FAA578 #8CFA78

square

#78CDFA #E678FA #FAA578 #8CFA78

split-complementary

#78CDFA #FA788C #FAE678

monochromatic

#099FEF #3DB7F8 #78CDFA #B3E3FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#78CDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#78CDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDFA

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDFA	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.104 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcfc',
    500: '#78cdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdfa;
$custom-light: #a7dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDFA

secondary

#D67440

accent

#4F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDFA

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

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