#78BAEB#78BAEB

#78BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAEB
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -7.84, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 31.87, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0461 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.098 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2947, 45.1060, 85.1641)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAEB #EBA978

analogous

#78EBE3 #78BAEB #7881EB

triadic

#78BAEB #EB78BA #BAEB78

tetradic

#78BAEB #E378EB #EBA978 #81EB78

square

#78BAEB #E378EB #EBA978 #81EB78

split-complementary

#78BAEB #EB7881 #EBE378

monochromatic

#1E81CB #439FE3 #78BAEB #ADD5F3 #E3F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#78BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAEB

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAEB	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef1',
    500: '#78baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baeb;
$custom-light: #a5cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7634,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAEB

secondary

#F0DDCF

accent

#640FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAEB

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

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