#78DCFA#78DCFA

#78DCFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.103 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCFA
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 12%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -21.33, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 31.83, 227.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0789 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.103 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5876, 62.0772, 99.7402)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCFA #FA9678

analogous

#78FAD7 #78DCFA #789BFA

triadic

#78DCFA #FA78DC #DCFA78

tetradic

#78DCFA #D778FA #FA9678 #9BFA78

square

#78DCFA #D778FA #FA9678 #9BFA78

split-complementary

#78DCFA #FA789B #FAD778

monochromatic

#09BAEF #3DCDF8 #78DCFA #B3EBFC #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#78DCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCFA

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCFA	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19E6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.103 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7fc',
    500: '#78dcfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcfa;
$custom-light: #a7e7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84459,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCFA

secondary

#D66340

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCFA

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

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