#78BCFA#78BCFA

#78BCFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCFA
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 250)
HSL	hsl(209, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 24.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -4.59, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 37.52, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0436 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.113 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9781, 46.8582, 97.2037)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCFA #FAB678

analogous

#78FAF7 #78BCFA #787BFA

triadic

#78BCFA #FA78BC #BCFA78

tetradic

#78BCFA #F778FA #FAB678 #7BFA78

square

#78BCFA #F778FA #FAB678 #7BFA78

split-complementary

#78BCFA #FA787B #FAF778

monochromatic

#0981EF #3D9FF8 #78BCFA #B3D9FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#78BCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCFA

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCFA	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0fc',
    500: '#78bcfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcfa;
$custom-light: #a6d0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77431,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCFA

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCFA

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

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