#78BBEE#78BBEE

#78BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.100 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBEE
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -7.52, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 32.79, 256.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0463 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.1 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9432, 45.7036, 87.5365)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBEE #EEAB78

analogous

#78EEE6 #78BBEE #7880EE

triadic

#78BBEE #EE78BB #BBEE78

tetradic

#78BBEE #E678EE #EEAB78 #80EE78

square

#78BBEE #E678EE #EEAB78 #80EE78

split-complementary

#78BBEE #EE7880 #EEE678

monochromatic

#1A82D1 #42A0E7 #78BBEE #AED6F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#78BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#78BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBEE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBEE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.100 242.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76687,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBEE

secondary

#F1DFD1

accent

#650CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBEE

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

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