#78CDFE#78CDFE

#78CDFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.108 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDFE
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 254)
HSL	hsl(202, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -12.51, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 34.27, 248.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0611 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.108 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4598, 54.8074, 101.8246)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDFE #FEA978

analogous

#78FEEC #78CDFE #788AFE

triadic

#78CDFE #FE78CD #CDFE78

tetradic

#78CDFE #EC78FE #FEA978 #8AFE78

square

#78CDFE #EC78FE #FEA978 #8AFE78

split-complementary

#78CDFE #FE788A #FEEC78

monochromatic

#029FFA #3BB7FE #78CDFE #B5E3FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#78CDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#78CDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDFE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDFE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CDADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.108 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcff',
    500: '#78cdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cdfe;
$custom-light: #a7dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81301,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDFE

secondary

#DC783F

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDFE

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

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