#78DAFB#78DAFB

#78DAFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.103 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DAFB
RGB	rgb(120, 218, 251)
HSL	hsl(195, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -20.04, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 32.01, 231.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0764 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.103 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2231, 61.0965, 100.3942)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DAFB #FB9978

analogous

#78FBDB #78DAFB #7898FB

triadic

#78DAFB #FB78DA #DAFB78

tetradic

#78DAFB #DB78FB #FB9978 #98FB78

square

#78DAFB #DB78FB #FB9978 #98FB78

split-complementary

#78DAFB #FB7898 #FBDB78

monochromatic

#07B6F1 #3DCAF9 #78DAFB #B3EAFD #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#78DAFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#78DAFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DAFB

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DAFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DAFB	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C7FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dafb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 218, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.103 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e5fc',
    500: '#78dafb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dafb;
$custom-light: #a7e5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dafb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84052,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DAFB

secondary

#D8663F

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DAFB

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

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