#78CAFA#78CAFA

#78CAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.105 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAFA
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -12.08, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 33.53, 248.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0592 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.105 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1153, 53.1324, 98.2494)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAFA #FAA878

analogous

#78FAE9 #78CAFA #7889FA

triadic

#78CAFA #FA78CA #CAFA78

tetradic

#78CAFA #E978FA #FAA878 #89FA78

square

#78CAFA #E978FA #FAA878 #89FA78

split-complementary

#78CAFA #FA7889 #FAE978

monochromatic

#099AEF #3DB3F8 #78CAFA #B3E1FC #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#78CAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAFA

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAFA	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.105 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dafc',
    500: '#78cafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cafa;
$custom-light: #a7dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80477,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAFA

secondary

#D67740

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAFA

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

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