#78B4FA#78B4FA

#78B4FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4FA
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 28%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -0.19, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 40.63, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0347 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.119 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3163, 43.5345, 96.6497)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4FA #FABE78

analogous

#78F5FA #78B4FA #7D78FA

triadic

#78B4FA #FA78B4 #B4FA78

tetradic

#78B4FA #FA78F5 #FABE78 #78FA7D

square

#78B4FA #FA78F5 #FABE78 #78FA7D

split-complementary

#78B4FA #FA7D78 #F5FA78

monochromatic

#0973EF #3D93F8 #78B4FA #B3D5FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78B4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#78B4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4FA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4FA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ABF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cafc',
    500: '#78b4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4fa;
$custom-light: #a6cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4FA

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4FA

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

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