#78DAEF#78DAEF

#78DAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.097 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DAEF
RGB	rgb(120, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -23.32, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 30.20, 219.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0809 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.097 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3911, 60.3637, 90.7459)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DAEF #EF8D78

analogous

#78EFC8 #78DAEF #789EEF

triadic

#78DAEF #EF78DA #DAEF78

tetradic

#78DAEF #C878EF #EF8D78 #9EEF78

square

#78DAEF #C878EF #EF8D78 #9EEF78

split-complementary

#78DAEF #EF789E #EFC878

monochromatic

#19B3D4 #41CBE9 #78DAEF #AFE9F5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#78DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#78DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DAEF

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DAEF	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.097 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e5f4',
    500: '#78daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78daef;
$custom-light: #a7e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83605,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DAEF

secondary

#C95A43

accent

#2F0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DAEF

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

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