#78BAF8#78BAF8

#78BAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BAF8
RGB	rgb(120, 186, 248)
HSL	hsl(209, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -4.08, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 37.35, 263.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.042 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.112 248)
XYZ	xyz(42.2419, 45.8849, 95.4194)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BAF8 #F8B678

analogous

#78F8F6 #78BAF8 #787AF8

triadic

#78BAF8 #F878BA #BAF878

tetradic

#78BAF8 #F678F8 #F8B678 #7AF878

square

#78BAF8 #F678F8 #F8B678 #7AF878

split-complementary

#78BAF8 #F8787A #F8F678

monochromatic

#0C7EE9 #3E9CF5 #78BAF8 #B2D8FB #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#78BAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAF8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BAF8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BCFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AFF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78baf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cefa',
    500: '#78baf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78baf8;
$custom-light: #a6cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78baf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.063,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.45888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BAF8

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BAF8

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

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