#78CEFA#78CEFA

#78CEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.104 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEFA
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(200, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -14.17, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 32.80, 244.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0636 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.104 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0660, 55.0338, 98.5663)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEFA #FAA478

analogous

#78FAE5 #78CEFA #788DFA

triadic

#78CEFA #FA78CE #CEFA78

tetradic

#78CEFA #E578FA #FAA478 #8DFA78

square

#78CEFA #E578FA #FAA478 #8DFA78

split-complementary

#78CEFA #FA788D #FAE578

monochromatic

#09A1EF #3DB9F8 #78CEFA #B3E3FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#78CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#78CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEFA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEFA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CCFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.104 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfc',
    500: '#78cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cefa;
$custom-light: #a7ddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81357,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEFA

secondary

#D67340

accent

#4E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEFA

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

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