#78BAEF#78BAEF

#78BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.102 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAEF
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -6.70, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 33.50, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0448 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.102 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8791, 45.3397, 88.2419)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAEF #EFAD78

analogous

#78EFE9 #78BAEF #787EEF

triadic

#78BAEF #EF78BA #BAEF78

tetradic

#78BAEF #E978EF #EFAD78 #7EEF78

square

#78BAEF #E978EF #EFAD78 #7EEF78

split-complementary

#78BAEF #EF787E #EFE978

monochromatic

#1980D4 #419EE9 #78BAEF #AFD6F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#78BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAEF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAEF	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.102 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef4',
    500: '#78baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baef;
$custom-light: #a5cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAEF

secondary

#F2E0D1

accent

#670ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAEF

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

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