#78DEFA#78DEFA

#78DEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.103 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEFA
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 11.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -22.33, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 31.89, 225.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0811 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.103 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1157, 63.1332, 99.9162)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEFA #FA9478

analogous

#78FAD5 #78DEFA #789DFA

triadic

#78DEFA #FA78DE #DEFA78

tetradic

#78DEFA #D578FA #FA9478 #9DFA78

square

#78DEFA #D578FA #FA9478 #9DFA78

split-complementary

#78DEFA #FA789D #FAD578

monochromatic

#09BDEF #3DD0F8 #78DEFA #B3ECFC #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#78DEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#78DEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEFA

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEFA	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8CAFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17E8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78defa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.103 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8fc',
    500: '#78defa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78defa;
$custom-light: #a8e8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78defa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84905,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEFA

secondary

#D66040

accent

#3100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEFA

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

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