#78C9FA#78C9FA

#78C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.106 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78C9FA
RGB	rgb(120, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -11.55, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 33.74, 249.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0581 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.106 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8814, 52.6647, 98.1714)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78C9FA #FAA978

analogous

#78FAEA #78C9FA #7888FA

triadic

#78C9FA #FA78C9 #C9FA78

tetradic

#78C9FA #EA78FA #FAA978 #88FA78

square

#78C9FA #EA78FA #FAA978 #88FA78

split-complementary

#78C9FA #FA7888 #FAEA78

monochromatic

#0998EF #3DB1F8 #78C9FA #B3E1FC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#78C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78C9FA

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78C9FA	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27D6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.106 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d9fc',
    500: '#78c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78c9fa;
$custom-light: #a7d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80258,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78C9FA

secondary

#D67940

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78C9FA

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

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