#78DAFE#78DAFE

#78DAFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.105 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DAFE
RGB	rgb(120, 218, 254)
HSL	hsl(196, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -19.21, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 32.64, 233.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0753 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.105 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6997, 61.2872, 102.9045)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DAFE #FE9C78

analogous

#78FEDF #78DAFE #7897FE

triadic

#78DAFE #FE78DA #DAFE78

tetradic

#78DAFE #DF78FE #FE9C78 #97FE78

square

#78DAFE #DF78FE #FE9C78 #97FE78

split-complementary

#78DAFE #FE7897 #FEDF78

monochromatic

#02B7FA #3BC9FE #78DAFE #B5EBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#78DAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#78DAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DAFE

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DAFE	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 218, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.105 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5fe',
    500: '#78dafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dafe;
$custom-light: #a8e5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84167,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DAFE

secondary

#DC693F

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DAFE

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

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