#78C7FA#78C7FA

#78C7FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.107 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C7FA
RGB	rgb(120, 199, 250)
HSL	hsl(204, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 20.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -10.50, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 34.20, 252.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0558 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.107 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4182, 51.7383, 98.0170)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C7FA #FAAB78

analogous

#78FAEC #78C7FA #7886FA

triadic

#78C7FA #FA78C7 #C7FA78

tetradic

#78C7FA #EC78FA #FAAB78 #86FA78

square

#78C7FA #EC78FA #FAAB78 #86FA78

split-complementary

#78C7FA #FA7886 #FAEC78

monochromatic

#0995EF #3DAFF8 #78C7FA #B3DFFC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#78C7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#78C7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C7FA

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C7FA	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 199, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.107 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fc',
    500: '#78c7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c7fa;
$custom-light: #a7d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C7FA

secondary

#D67B40

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C7FA

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

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