#78CEFD#78CEFD

#78CEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.107 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEFD
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -13.32, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 33.75, 246.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0625 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.107 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5401, 55.2235, 101.0634)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEFD #FDA778

analogous

#78FDE9 #78CEFD #788BFD

triadic

#78CEFD #FD78CE #CEFD78

tetradic

#78CEFD #E978FD #FDA778 #8BFD78

square

#78CEFD #E978FD #FDA778 #8BFD78

split-complementary

#78CEFD #FD788B #FDE978

monochromatic

#04A1F7 #3CB8FC #78CEFD #B4E4FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#78CEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#78CEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEFD

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEFD	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EDBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.107 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfe',
    500: '#78cefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cefd;
$custom-light: #a7ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEFD

secondary

#DA763F

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEFD

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

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