#78C0FA#78C0FA

#78C0FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C0FA
RGB	rgb(120, 192, 250)
HSL	hsl(207, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 23.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -6.75, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 36.17, 259.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0481 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.11 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8445, 48.5909, 97.4925)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78C0FA #FAB278

analogous

#78FAF3 #78C0FA #787FFA

triadic

#78C0FA #FA78C0 #C0FA78

tetradic

#78C0FA #F378FA #FAB278 #7FFA78

square

#78C0FA #F378FA #FAB278 #7FFA78

split-complementary

#78C0FA #FA787F #FAF378

monochromatic

#0988EF #3DA4F8 #78C0FA #B3DCFC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#78C0FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#78C0FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C0FA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C0FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C0FA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B3F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BCED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c0fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 192, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d2fc',
    500: '#78c0fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c0fa;
$custom-light: #a6d2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c0fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78296,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C0FA

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C0FA

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

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