#78D4FA#78D4FA

#78D4FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.103 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D4FA
RGB	rgb(120, 212, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 15.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -17.27, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 32.07, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0702 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.103 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5380, 57.9780, 99.0570)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78D4FA #FA9E78

analogous

#78FADF #78D4FA #7893FA

triadic

#78D4FA #FA78D4 #D4FA78

tetradic

#78D4FA #DF78FA #FA9E78 #93FA78

square

#78D4FA #DF78FA #FA9E78 #93FA78

split-complementary

#78D4FA #FA7893 #FADF78

monochromatic

#09ACEF #3DC1F8 #78D4FA #B3E7FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#78D4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#78D4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D4FA

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D4FA	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 212, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.103 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e1fc',
    500: '#78d4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d4fa;
$custom-light: #a7e1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82682,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D4FA

secondary

#D66C40

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D4FA

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

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