#78BBEA#78BBEA

#78BBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.096 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BBEA
RGBrgb(120, 187, 234)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 69%)
HSVhsv(205, 49%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(48.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.20, -8.67, -29.98)
CIE-LCHlch(73.20, 31.21, 253.88°)
OKLaboklab(76.52% -0.0476 -0.0834)
OKLCHoklch(76.52% 0.096 240.3)
XYZxyz(40.3621, 45.4712, 84.4758)
Luminance0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BBEA #EAA778
analogous
#78EAE0 #78BBEA #7882EA
triadic
#78BBEA #EA78BB #BBEA78
tetradic
#78BBEA #E078EA #EAA778 #82EA78
square
#78BBEA #E078EA #EAA778 #82EA78
split-complementary
#78BBEA #EA7882 #EAE078
monochromatic
#1F83C8 #43A0E2 #78BBEA #ADD6F2 #E2F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#78BBEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09
#78BBEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBEA
10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BBEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BBEA1.002.0810.0910.09
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0921.001.001.00
##00000010.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6BAEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97AEE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#40C7CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.096 240.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cff1',
    500: '#78bbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bbea;
$custom-light: #a5cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76517,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BBEA
secondary
#EFDCCE
accent
#6110D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#78BBEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva