#78BBED#78BBED

#78BBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.099 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBED
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -7.81, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 32.39, 256.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0466 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.099 242)
XYZ	xyz(40.7967, 45.6450, 86.7649)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBED #EDAA78

analogous

#78EDE5 #78BBED #7880ED

triadic

#78BBED #ED78BB #BBED78

tetradic

#78BBED #E578ED #EDAA78 #80ED78

square

#78BBED #E578ED #EDAA78 #80ED78

split-complementary

#78BBED #ED7880 #EDE578

monochromatic

#1C82CF #42A0E6 #78BBED #AED6F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#78BBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#78BBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBED

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBED	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.099 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cff3',
    500: '#78bbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbed;
$custom-light: #a5cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.641,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.45648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBED

secondary

#F1DED0

accent

#640DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →