#78CDFD#78CDFD

#78CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.107 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDFD
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(202, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -12.80, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 33.94, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0614 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.107 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3001, 54.7436, 100.9834)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDFD #FDA878

analogous

#78FDEA #78CDFD #788AFD

triadic

#78CDFD #FD78CD #CDFD78

tetradic

#78CDFD #EA78FD #FDA878 #8AFD78

square

#78CDFD #EA78FD #FDA878 #8AFD78

split-complementary

#78CDFD #FD788A #FDEA78

monochromatic

#049FF7 #3CB7FC #78CDFD #B4E3FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#78CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#78CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDFD

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDFD	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FDADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.107 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcfe',
    500: '#78cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdfd;
$custom-light: #a7dcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8126,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDFD

secondary

#DA773F

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDFD

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

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