#78D7FA#78D7FA

#78D7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.102 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D7FA
RGB	rgb(120, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -18.80, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 31.88, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0735 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.102 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2949, 59.4918, 99.3093)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78D7FA #FA9B78

analogous

#78FADC #78D7FA #7896FA

triadic

#78D7FA #FA78D7 #D7FA78

tetradic

#78D7FA #DC78FA #FA9B78 #96FA78

square

#78D7FA #DC78FA #FA9B78 #96FA78

split-complementary

#78D7FA #FA7896 #FADC78

monochromatic

#09B1EF #3DC6F8 #78D7FA #B3E8FC #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#78D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#78D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D7FA

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D7FA	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C4FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EE2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.102 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e3fc',
    500: '#78d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d7fa;
$custom-light: #a7e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83347,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D7FA

secondary

#D66840

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D7FA

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

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