#78DCFF#78DCFF

#78DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.106 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCFF
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -19.94, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 32.78, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0771 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.106 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3820, 62.3949, 103.9240)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCFF #FF9B78

analogous

#78FFDF #78DCFF #7898FF

triadic

#78DCFF #FF78DC #DCFF78

tetradic

#78DCFF #DF78FF #FF9B78 #98FF78

square

#78DCFF #DF78FF #FF9B78 #98FF78

split-complementary

#78DCFF #FF7898 #FFDF78

monochromatic

#00BBFD #3BCCFF #78DCFF #B5ECFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#78DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#78DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCFF

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCFF	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C9FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.106 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7ff',
    500: '#78dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcff;
$custom-light: #a8e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8465,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCFF

secondary

#DD673E

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCFF

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

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