#78E4FA#78E4FA

#78E4FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.104 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E4FA
RGB	rgb(120, 228, 250)
HSL	hsl(190, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 8.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -25.29, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 32.39, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0876 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.104 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7377, 66.3773, 100.4569)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E4FA #FA8E78

analogous

#78FACF #78E4FA #78A3FA

triadic

#78E4FA #FA78E4 #E4FA78

tetradic

#78E4FA #CF78FA #FA8E78 #A3FA78

square

#78E4FA #CF78FA #FA8E78 #A3FA78

split-complementary

#78E4FA #FA78A3 #FACF78

monochromatic

#09C8EF #3DD8F8 #78E4FA #B3F0FC #E1F9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#78E4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#78E4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E4FA

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E4FA	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DDFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10EDEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 228, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.104 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ecfc',
    500: '#78e4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e4fa;
$custom-light: #a8ecfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86247,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E4FA

secondary

#D65940

accent

#2700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E4FA

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

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