#78E9FA#78E9FA

#78E9FA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.106 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78E9FA
RGB	rgb(120, 233, 250)
HSL	hsl(188, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 6.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -27.73, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 33.13, 213.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0929 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.106 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1331, 69.1681, 100.9220)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78E9FA #FA8978

analogous

#78FACA #78E9FA #78A8FA

triadic

#78E9FA #FA78E9 #E9FA78

tetradic

#78E9FA #CA78FA #FA8978 #A8FA78

square

#78E9FA #CA78FA #FA8978 #A8FA78

split-complementary

#78E9FA #FA78A8 #FACA78

monochromatic

#09D1EF #3DDFF8 #78E9FA #B3F3FC #E1FAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#78E9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#78E9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78E9FA

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78E9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78E9FA	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08F2EE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78e9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 233, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.106 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8f0fc',
    500: '#78e9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78e9fa;
$custom-light: #a8f0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78e9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87368,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78E9FA

secondary

#D65340

accent

#1E00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #78E9FA

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

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