#78D8FE#78D8FE

#78D8FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.105 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D8FE
RGB	rgb(120, 216, 254)
HSL	hsl(197, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -18.19, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 32.75, 236.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0731 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.105 226)
XYZ	xyz(50.1842, 60.2562, 102.7327)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D8FE #FE9E78

analogous

#78FEE1 #78D8FE #7895FE

triadic

#78D8FE #FE78D8 #D8FE78

tetradic

#78D8FE #E178FE #FE9E78 #95FE78

square

#78D8FE #E178FE #FE9E78 #95FE78

split-complementary

#78D8FE #FE7895 #FEE178

monochromatic

#02B3FA #3BC6FE #78D8FE #B5EAFE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78D8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#78D8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D8FE

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D8FE	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12E3E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 216, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.105 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e4fe',
    500: '#78d8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d8fe;
$custom-light: #a8e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83724,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.60261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D8FE

secondary

#DC6B3F

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D8FE

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

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