#78BADE#78BADE

#78BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.085 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BADE
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -11.49, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 27.12, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0506 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.085 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4848, 44.3820, 75.6317)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BADE #DE9C78

analogous

#78DECF #78BADE #7887DE

triadic

#78BADE #DE78BA #BADE78

tetradic

#78BADE #CF78DE #DE9C78 #87DE78

square

#78BADE #CF78DE #DE9C78 #87DE78

split-complementary

#78BADE #DE7887 #DECF78

monochromatic

#2B81B0 #47A1D2 #78BADE #A9D3EA #DAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#78BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BADE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BADE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.085 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cee8',
    500: '#78bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bade;
$custom-light: #a4cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BADE

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#5A1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BADE

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

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