#78DEFE#78DEFE

#78DEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.105 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEFE
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 254)
HSL	hsl(194, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -21.23, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 32.56, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0796 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.105 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7495, 63.3868, 103.2545)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEFE #FE9878

analogous

#78FEDB #78DEFE #789BFE

triadic

#78DEFE #FE78DE #DEFE78

tetradic

#78DEFE #DB78FE #FE9878 #9BFE78

square

#78DEFE #DB78FE #FE9878 #9BFE78

split-complementary

#78DEFE #FE789B #FEDB78

monochromatic

#02BFFA #3BCFFE #78DEFE #B5EDFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#78DEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#78DEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEFE

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEFE	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78defe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.105 220.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78defe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85055,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEFE

secondary

#DC643F

accent

#3700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEFE

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

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