#78DBEF#78DBEF

#78DBEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.097 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBEF
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -23.81, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 30.32, 218.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.082 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.097 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6512, 60.8839, 90.8326)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBEF #EF8C78

analogous

#78EFC7 #78DBEF #789FEF

triadic

#78DBEF #EF78DB #DBEF78

tetradic

#78DBEF #C778EF #EF8C78 #9FEF78

square

#78DBEF #C778EF #EF8C78 #9FEF78

split-complementary

#78DBEF #EF789F #EFC778

monochromatic

#19B4D4 #41CCE9 #78DBEF #AFEAF5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#78DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#78DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBEF

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBEF	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.097 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e6f4',
    500: '#78dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dbef;
$custom-light: #a7e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8383,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBEF

secondary

#C95943

accent

#2D0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBEF

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

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