#78C5FA#78C5FA

#78C5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.108 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C5FA
RGB	rgb(120, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(204, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -9.43, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 34.71, 254.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0536 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.108 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9611, 50.8240, 97.8646)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C5FA #FAAD78

analogous

#78FAEE #78C5FA #7884FA

triadic

#78C5FA #FA78C5 #C5FA78

tetradic

#78C5FA #EE78FA #FAAD78 #84FA78

square

#78C5FA #EE78FA #FAAD78 #84FA78

split-complementary

#78C5FA #FA7884 #FAEE78

monochromatic

#0991EF #3DACF8 #78C5FA #B3DEFC #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#78C5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#78C5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C5FA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C5FA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.108 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d6fc',
    500: '#78c5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c5fa;
$custom-light: #a7d6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79384,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C5FA

secondary

#D67D40

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C5FA

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

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