#78D9FD#78D9FD

#78D9FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.104 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D9FD
RGB	rgb(120, 217, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -18.98, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 32.46, 234.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0745 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.104 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2815, 60.7062, 101.9772)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D9FD #FD9C78

analogous

#78FDDF #78D9FD #7896FD

triadic

#78D9FD #FD78D9 #D9FD78

tetradic

#78D9FD #DF78FD #FD9C78 #96FD78

square

#78D9FD #DF78FD #FD9C78 #96FD78

split-complementary

#78D9FD #FD7896 #FDDF78

monochromatic

#04B5F7 #3CC8FC #78D9FD #B4EAFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#78D9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#78D9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D9FD

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D9FD	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 217, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.104 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e4fe',
    500: '#78d9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d9fd;
$custom-light: #a8e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83907,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D9FD

secondary

#DA693F

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D9FD

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

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