#78DDFD#78DDFD

#78DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.104 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DDFD
RGB	rgb(120, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -21.00, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 32.37, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0789 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.104 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3250, 62.7933, 102.3250)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DDFD #FD9878

analogous

#78FDDA #78DDFD #789AFD

triadic

#78DDFD #FD78DD #DDFD78

tetradic

#78DDFD #DA78FD #FD9878 #9AFD78

square

#78DDFD #DA78FD #FD9878 #9AFD78

split-complementary

#78DDFD #FD789A #FDDA78

monochromatic

#04BCF7 #3CCEFC #78DDFD #B4ECFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#78DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#78DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DDFD

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DDFD	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FE8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.104 220.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84795,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DDFD

secondary

#DA643F

accent

#3700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DDFD

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

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