#78B5FA#78B5FA

#78B5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B5FA
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -0.74, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 40.21, 268.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0358 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.118 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5189, 43.9397, 96.7173)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B5FA #FABD78

analogous

#78F6FA #78B5FA #7C78FA

triadic

#78B5FA #FA78B5 #B5FA78

tetradic

#78B5FA #FA78F6 #FABD78 #78FA7C

square

#78B5FA #FA78F6 #FABD78 #78FA7C

split-complementary

#78B5FA #FA7C78 #F6FA78

monochromatic

#0975EF #3D95F8 #78B5FA #B3D5FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78B5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#78B5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5FA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B5FA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cafc',
    500: '#78b5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b5fa;
$custom-light: #a6cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75928,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B5FA

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B5FA

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

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