#78D4FE#78D4FE

#78D4FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.106 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4FE
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 254)
HSL	hsl(199, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -16.14, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 33.13, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0687 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.106 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1719, 58.2315, 102.3953)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4FE #FEA278

analogous

#78FEE5 #78D4FE #7891FE

triadic

#78D4FE #FE78D4 #D4FE78

tetradic

#78D4FE #E578FE #FEA278 #91FE78

square

#78D4FE #E578FE #FEA278 #91FE78

split-complementary

#78D4FE #FE7891 #FEE578

monochromatic

#02ACFA #3BC1FE #78D4FE #B5E7FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#78D4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#78D4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4FE

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4FE	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16E0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.106 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e1fe',
    500: '#78d4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4fe;
$custom-light: #a7e1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82841,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4FE

secondary

#DC703F

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4FE

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

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