#78E6FD#78E6FD

#78E6FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.106 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E6FD
RGB	rgb(120, 230, 253)
HSL	hsl(190, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -25.46, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 32.90, 219.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0886 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.106 213)
XYZ	xyz(53.7652, 67.6737, 103.1384)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E6FD #FD8F78

analogous

#78FDD1 #78E6FD #78A3FD

triadic

#78E6FD #FD78E6 #E6FD78

tetradic

#78E6FD #D178FD #FD8F78 #A3FD78

square

#78E6FD #D178FD #FD8F78 #A3FD78

split-complementary

#78E6FD #FD78A3 #FDD178

monochromatic

#04CDF7 #3CDBFC #78E6FD #B4F1FE #E1F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#78E6FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#78E6FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E6FD

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E6FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E6FD	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DFFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0D0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e6fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 230, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.106 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8eefe',
    500: '#78e6fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e6fd;
$custom-light: #a8eefe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e6fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.376,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86803,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.67679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E6FD

secondary

#DA5A3F

accent

#2800E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E6FD

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

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