#78BAFA#78BAFA

#78BAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAFA
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(210, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -3.49, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 38.24, 264.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0414 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.114 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5539, 46.0096, 97.0622)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAFA #FAB878

analogous

#78FAF9 #78BAFA #7879FA

triadic

#78BAFA #FA78BA #BAFA78

tetradic

#78BAFA #F978FA #FAB878 #79FA78

square

#78BAFA #F978FA #FAB878 #79FA78

split-complementary

#78BAFA #FA7879 #FAF978

monochromatic

#097EEF #3D9CF8 #78BAFA #B3D8FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#78BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAFA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAFA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BCFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cefc',
    500: '#78bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bafa;
$custom-light: #a6cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAFA

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#7100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAFA

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

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