#78DAEE#78DAEE

#78DAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.096 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DAEE
RGB	rgb(120, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -23.58, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 30.10, 218.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0813 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.096 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2438, 60.3048, 89.9700)
Luminance	0.6031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DAEE #EE8C78

analogous

#78EEC7 #78DAEE #789FEE

triadic

#78DAEE #EE78DA #DAEE78

tetradic

#78DAEE #C778EE #EE8C78 #9FEE78

square

#78DAEE #C778EE #EE8C78 #9FEE78

split-complementary

#78DAEE #EE789F #EEC778

monochromatic

#1AB2D1 #42CBE7 #78DAEE #AEE9F5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#78DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DAEE

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DAEE	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.096 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e5f3',
    500: '#78daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78daee;
$custom-light: #a6e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83569,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DAEE

secondary

#C75943

accent

#2F0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DAEE

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

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