#78BAEE#78BAEE

#78BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAEE
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -6.98, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 33.08, 257.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0452 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.101 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7318, 45.2808, 87.4660)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAEE #EEAC78

analogous

#78EEE7 #78BAEE #787FEE

triadic

#78BAEE #EE78BA #BAEE78

tetradic

#78BAEE #E778EE #EEAC78 #7FEE78

square

#78BAEE #E778EE #EEAC78 #7FEE78

split-complementary

#78BAEE #EE787F #EEE778

monochromatic

#1A81D1 #429EE7 #78BAEE #AED6F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#78BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAEE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAEE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef3',
    500: '#78baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baee;
$custom-light: #a5cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76468,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAEE

secondary

#F1DFD1

accent

#670CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAEE

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

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