#78D5FA#78D5FA

#78D5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.103 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5FA
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -17.78, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 31.99, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0713 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.103 226)
XYZ	xyz(48.7888, 58.4795, 99.1406)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5FA #FA9D78

analogous

#78FADE #78D5FA #7894FA

triadic

#78D5FA #FA78D5 #D5FA78

tetradic

#78D5FA #DE78FA #FA9D78 #94FA78

square

#78D5FA #DE78FA #FA9D78 #94FA78

split-complementary

#78D5FA #FA7894 #FADE78

monochromatic

#09ADEF #3DC3F8 #78D5FA #B3E7FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#78D5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#78D5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5FA

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5FA	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FE0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.103 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e2fc',
    500: '#78d5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5fa;
$custom-light: #a7e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.58484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5FA

secondary

#D66B40

accent

#4100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5FA

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

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