#78D5FF#78D5FF

#78D5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.106 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5FF
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -16.38, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 33.29, 240.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0695 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.106 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5832, 58.7973, 103.3244)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5FF #FFA278

analogous

#78FFE6 #78D5FF #7891FF

triadic

#78D5FF #FF78D5 #D5FF78

tetradic

#78D5FF #E678FF #FFA278 #91FF78

square

#78D5FF #E678FF #FFA278 #91FF78

split-complementary

#78D5FF #FF7891 #FFE678

monochromatic

#00AEFD #3BC2FF #78D5FF #B5E8FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#78D5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#78D5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5FF

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5FF	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12E1E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.106 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e2ff',
    500: '#78d5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5ff;
$custom-light: #a8e2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83101,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5FF

secondary

#DD703E

accent

#4700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5FF

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

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