#78BAE0#78BAE0

#78BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.087 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAE0
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -10.94, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 27.79, 246.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0499 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.087 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7544, 44.4899, 77.0518)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAE0 #E09E78

analogous

#78E0D2 #78BAE0 #7886E0

triadic

#78BAE0 #E078BA #BAE078

tetradic

#78BAE0 #D278E0 #E09E78 #86E078

square

#78BAE0 #D278E0 #E09E78 #86E078

split-complementary

#78BAE0 #E07886 #E0D278

monochromatic

#2981B4 #46A1D5 #78BAE0 #AAD3EB #DCEDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#78BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAE0

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAE0	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.087 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cee9',
    500: '#78bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bae0;
$custom-light: #a4cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 62.651,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75883,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAE0

secondary

#EAD6CA

accent

#5B1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAE0

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

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