#78CDFF#78CDFF

#78CDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.109 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CDFF
RGB	rgb(120, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -12.22, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 34.61, 249.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0608 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.109 236)
XYZ	xyz(47.6204, 54.8717, 102.6702)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CDFF #FFAA78

analogous

#78FFED #78CDFF #7889FF

triadic

#78CDFF #FF78CD #CDFF78

tetradic

#78CDFF #ED78FF #FFAA78 #89FF78

square

#78CDFF #ED78FF #FFAA78 #89FF78

split-complementary

#78CDFF #FF7889 #FFED78

monochromatic

#009FFD #3BB6FF #78CDFF #B5E4FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#78CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CDFF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CDFF	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ADADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.109 236.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.54876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CDFF

secondary

#DD793E

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CDFF

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

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