#78CBFA#78CBFA

#78CBFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.105 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBFA
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 18.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -12.60, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 33.33, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0603 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.105 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3506, 53.6032, 98.3278)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBFA #FAA778

analogous

#78FAE8 #78CBFA #788AFA

triadic

#78CBFA #FA78CB #CBFA78

tetradic

#78CBFA #E878FA #FAA778 #8AFA78

square

#78CBFA #E878FA #FAA778 #8AFA78

split-complementary

#78CBFA #FA788A #FAE878

monochromatic

#099CEF #3DB4F8 #78CBFA #B3E2FC #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#78CBFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#78CBFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBFA

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBFA	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.105 234.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80697,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBFA

secondary

#D67640

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBFA

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

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