#78D6FA#78D6FA

#78D6FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.103 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D6FA
RGB	rgb(120, 214, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -18.29, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 31.93, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0724 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.103 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0411, 58.9841, 99.2247)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D6FA #FA9C78

analogous

#78FADD #78D6FA #7895FA

triadic

#78D6FA #FA78D6 #D6FA78

tetradic

#78D6FA #DD78FA #FA9C78 #95FA78

square

#78D6FA #DD78FA #FA9C78 #95FA78

split-complementary

#78D6FA #FA7895 #FADD78

monochromatic

#09AFEF #3DC4F8 #78D6FA #B3E8FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#78D6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#78D6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D6FA

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D6FA	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2D2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 214, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.103 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e2fc',
    500: '#78d6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d6fa;
$custom-light: #a7e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83125,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D6FA

secondary

#D66940

accent

#4000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D6FA

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

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