#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
RGBrgb(120, 230, 253)
HSLhsl(190, 97%, 73%)
HSVhsv(190, 53%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LABlab(85.84, -25.46, -20.83)
CIE-LCHlch(85.84, 32.90, 219.28°)
OKLaboklab(86.8% -0.0886 -0.0576)
OKLCHoklch(86.8% 0.106 213)
XYZxyz(53.7652, 67.6737, 103.1384)
Luminance0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##78E6FD1.001.4414.5414.54
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.5421.001.001.00
##00000014.5421.001.001.00

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

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#78E6FD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva