#78C4FA#78C4FA

#78C4FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.108 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C4FA
RGB	rgb(120, 196, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -8.90, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 34.98, 255.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0525 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.108 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7347, 50.3714, 97.7892)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C4FA #FAAE78

analogous

#78FAEF #78C4FA #7883FA

triadic

#78C4FA #FA78C4 #C4FA78

tetradic

#78C4FA #EF78FA #FAAE78 #83FA78

square

#78C4FA #EF78FA #FAAE78 #83FA78

split-complementary

#78C4FA #FA7883 #FAEF78

monochromatic

#098FEF #3DAAF8 #78C4FA #B3DEFC #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#78C4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#78C4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C4FA

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C4FA	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 196, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.108 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d5fc',
    500: '#78c4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c4fa;
$custom-light: #a7d5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79166,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C4FA

secondary

#D67E40

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C4FA

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

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