#78D1FA#78D1FA

#78D1FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D1FA
RGB	rgb(120, 209, 250)
HSL	hsl(199, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 16.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -15.73, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 32.38, 240.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0669 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.103 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7951, 56.4921, 98.8093)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D1FA #FAA178

analogous

#78FAE2 #78D1FA #7890FA

triadic

#78D1FA #FA78D1 #D1FA78

tetradic

#78D1FA #E278FA #FAA178 #90FA78

square

#78D1FA #E278FA #FAA178 #90FA78

split-complementary

#78D1FA #FA7890 #FAE278

monochromatic

#09A6EF #3DBDF8 #78D1FA #B3E5FC #E1F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#78D1FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#78D1FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D1FA

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D1FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D1FA	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22DDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d1fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 209, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dffc',
    500: '#78d1fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d1fa;
$custom-light: #a7dffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d1fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82018,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D1FA

secondary

#D66F40

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D1FA

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

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