#78BAEC#78BAEC

#78BAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAEC
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -7.56, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 32.27, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0458 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.099 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4396, 45.1639, 85.9271)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAEC #ECAA78

analogous

#78ECE4 #78BAEC #7880EC

triadic

#78BAEC #EC78BA #BAEC78

tetradic

#78BAEC #E478EC #ECAA78 #80EC78

square

#78BAEC #E478EC #ECAA78 #80EC78

split-complementary

#78BAEC #EC7880 #ECE478

monochromatic

#1D81CD #429FE4 #78BAEC #AED5F4 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#78BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAEC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAEC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef2',
    500: '#78baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baec;
$custom-light: #a5cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAEC

secondary

#F0DED0

accent

#650ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAEC

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

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