#78BAE2#78BAE2

#78BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.089 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAE2
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -10.38, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 28.48, 248.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0492 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.089 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0272, 44.5990, 78.4887)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAE2 #E2A078

analogous

#78E2D5 #78BAE2 #7885E2

triadic

#78BAE2 #E278BA #BAE278

tetradic

#78BAE2 #D578E2 #E2A078 #85E278

square

#78BAE2 #D578E2 #E2A078 #85E278

split-complementary

#78BAE2 #E27885 #E2D578

monochromatic

#2882B8 #46A0D7 #78BAE2 #AAD4ED #DDEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#78BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAE2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAE2	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.089 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4ceeb',
    500: '#78bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bae2;
$custom-light: #a4ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75964,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAE2

secondary

#EBD7CB

accent

#5D19CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAE2

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

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