#78CAFB#78CAFB

#78CAFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.106 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CAFB
RGB	rgb(120, 202, 251)
HSL	hsl(202, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -11.79, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 33.87, 249.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0588 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.106 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2725, 53.1953, 99.0774)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CAFB #FBA978

analogous

#78FBEB #78CAFB #7888FB

triadic

#78CAFB #FB78CA #CAFB78

tetradic

#78CAFB #EB78FB #FBA978 #88FB78

square

#78CAFB #EB78FB #FBA978 #88FB78

split-complementary

#78CAFB #FB7888 #FBEB78

monochromatic

#079AF1 #3DB3F9 #78CAFB #B3E1FD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CAFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#78CAFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CAFB

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CAFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CAFB	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BBFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cafb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 202, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.106 236.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cafb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.443,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CAFB

secondary

#D8783F

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CAFB

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

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