#78CEFF#78CEFF

#78CEFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.108 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CEFF
RGB	rgb(120, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -12.75, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 34.41, 248.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0619 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.108 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8604, 55.3516, 102.7501)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CEFF #FFA978

analogous

#78FFED #78CEFF #788AFF

triadic

#78CEFF #FF78CE #CEFF78

tetradic

#78CEFF #ED78FF #FFA978 #8AFF78

square

#78CEFF #ED78FF #FFA978 #8AFF78

split-complementary

#78CEFF #FF788A #FFED78

monochromatic

#00A1FD #3BB8FF #78CEFF #B5E4FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#78CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#78CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CEFF

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CEFF	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19DBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.108 235.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81562,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CEFF

secondary

#DD783E

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CEFF

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

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