#78DEFF#78DEFF

#78DEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.106 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEFF
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -20.95, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 32.74, 230.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0792 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.106 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9101, 63.4510, 104.1000)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEFF #FF9978

analogous

#78FFDD #78DEFF #789AFF

triadic

#78DEFF #FF78DE #DEFF78

tetradic

#78DEFF #DD78FF #FF9978 #9AFF78

square

#78DEFF #DD78FF #FF9978 #9AFF78

split-complementary

#78DEFF #FF789A #FFDD78

monochromatic

#00BFFD #3BCFFF #78DEFF #B5EDFF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#78DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#78DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEFF

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEFF	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6CAFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.106 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8ff',
    500: '#78deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78deff;
$custom-light: #a8e8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85093,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEFF

secondary

#DD653E

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEFF

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

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