#78BAF6#78BAF6

#78BAF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.110 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAF6
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 246)
HSL	hsl(209, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -4.67, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 36.48, 262.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0426 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.11 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9333, 45.7614, 93.7940)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAF6 #F6B478

analogous

#78F6F3 #78BAF6 #787BF6

triadic

#78BAF6 #F678BA #BAF678

tetradic

#78BAF6 #F378F6 #F6B478 #7BF678

square

#78BAF6 #F378F6 #F6B478 #7BF678

split-complementary

#78BAF6 #F6787B #F6F378

monochromatic

#0F7FE4 #3F9DF2 #78BAF6 #B1D7FA #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#78BAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#78BAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAF6

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAF6	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BBF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AFF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.110 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cef9',
    500: '#78baf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baf6;
$custom-light: #a6cef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7682,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAF6

secondary

#F5E4D5

accent

#6D01E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAF6

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

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