#78CEFE#78CEFE

#78CEFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.108 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEFE
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 254)
HSL	hsl(201, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -13.03, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 34.07, 247.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0622 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.108 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6998, 55.2874, 101.9046)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEFE #FEA878

analogous

#78FEEB #78CEFE #788BFE

triadic

#78CEFE #FE78CE #CEFE78

tetradic

#78CEFE #EB78FE #FEA878 #8BFE78

square

#78CEFE #EB78FE #FEA878 #8BFE78

split-complementary

#78CEFE #FE788B #FEEB78

monochromatic

#02A1FA #3BB8FE #78CEFE #B5E4FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#78CEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#78CEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEFE

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEFE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BDBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.108 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddff',
    500: '#78cefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cefe;
$custom-light: #a7ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEFE

secondary

#DC773F

accent

#5200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEFE

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

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