#78C8FA#78C8FA

#78C8FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.106 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C8FA
RGB	rgb(120, 200, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 20%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -11.03, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 33.97, 251.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0569 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.106 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6490, 52.2000, 98.0940)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78C8FA #FAAA78

analogous

#78FAEB #78C8FA #7887FA

triadic

#78C8FA #FA78C8 #C8FA78

tetradic

#78C8FA #EB78FA #FAAA78 #87FA78

square

#78C8FA #EB78FA #FAAA78 #87FA78

split-complementary

#78C8FA #FA7887 #FAEB78

monochromatic

#0996EF #3DB0F8 #78C8FA #B3E0FC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78C8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#78C8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C8FA

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C8FA	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 200, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.106 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fc',
    500: '#78c8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c8fa;
$custom-light: #a7d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80039,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C8FA

secondary

#D67A40

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C8FA

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

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