#78DBFF#78DBFF

#78DBFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.106 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DBFF
RGB	rgb(120, 219, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -19.44, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 32.81, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.076 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.106 224)
XYZ	xyz(51.1204, 61.8716, 103.8368)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DBFF #FF9C78

analogous

#78FFDF #78DBFF #7897FF

triadic

#78DBFF #FF78DB #DBFF78

tetradic

#78DBFF #DF78FF #FF9C78 #97FF78

square

#78DBFF #DF78FF #FF9C78 #97FF78

split-complementary

#78DBFF #FF7897 #FFDF78

monochromatic

#00B9FD #3BCBFF #78DBFF #B5EBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#78DBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DBFF

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DBFF	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C8FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09E6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 219, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.106 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e6ff',
    500: '#78dbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dbff;
$custom-light: #a8e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84428,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.61876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DBFF

secondary

#DD693E

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DBFF

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

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