#78DEFD#78DEFD

#78DEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.104 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEFD
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -21.50, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 32.38, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.08 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.104 220)
XYZ	xyz(51.5898, 63.3229, 102.4133)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEFD #FD9778

analogous

#78FDD9 #78DEFD #789BFD

triadic

#78DEFD #FD78DE #DEFD78

tetradic

#78DEFD #D978FD #FD9778 #9BFD78

square

#78DEFD #D978FD #FD9778 #9BFD78

split-complementary

#78DEFD #FD789B #FDD978

monochromatic

#04BEF7 #3CCFFC #78DEFD #B4EDFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#78DEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#78DEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEFD

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEFD	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DE8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78defd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.104 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8fe',
    500: '#78defd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78defd;
$custom-light: #a8e8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78defd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85018,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.63327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEFD

secondary

#DA633F

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEFD

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

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