#78D0FA#78D0FA

#78D0FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.103 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0FA
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 250)
HSL	hsl(199, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 16.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -15.21, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 32.50, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0658 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.103 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5505, 56.0029, 98.7278)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0FA #FAA278

analogous

#78FAE3 #78D0FA #788FFA

triadic

#78D0FA #FA78D0 #D0FA78

tetradic

#78D0FA #E378FA #FAA278 #8FFA78

square

#78D0FA #E378FA #FAA278 #8FFA78

split-complementary

#78D0FA #FA788F #FAE378

monochromatic

#09A4EF #3DBBF8 #78D0FA #B3E5FC #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#78D0FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#78D0FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0FA

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0FA	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.103 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7defc',
    500: '#78d0fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0fa;
$custom-light: #a7defc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0FA

secondary

#D67040

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0FA

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

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