#78DCFD#78DCFD

#78DCFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.104 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCFD
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 13%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -20.50, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 32.38, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0778 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.104 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0618, 62.2668, 102.2373)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCFD #FD9978

analogous

#78FDDB #78DCFD #7899FD

triadic

#78DCFD #FD78DC #DCFD78

tetradic

#78DCFD #DB78FD #FD9978 #99FD78

square

#78DCFD #DB78FD #FD9978 #99FD78

split-complementary

#78DCFD #FD7899 #FDDB78

monochromatic

#04BBF7 #3CCCFC #78DCFD #B4ECFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#78DCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#78DCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCFD

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCFD	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.104 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7fe',
    500: '#78dcfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcfd;
$custom-light: #a8e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.887,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84573,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCFD

secondary

#DA653F

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCFD

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

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