#78BBEF#78BBEF

#78BBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.101 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBEF
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -7.24, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 33.19, 257.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.046 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.101 243)
XYZ	xyz(41.0905, 45.7625, 88.3124)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBEF #EFAC78

analogous

#78EFE7 #78BBEF #7880EF

triadic

#78BBEF #EF78BB #BBEF78

tetradic

#78BBEF #E778EF #EFAC78 #80EF78

square

#78BBEF #E778EF #EFAC78 #80EF78

split-complementary

#78BBEF #EF7880 #EFE778

monochromatic

#1982D4 #419FE9 #78BBEF #AFD7F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#78BBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#78BBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBEF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBEF	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)

#A5BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.101 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cff4',
    500: '#78bbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbef;
$custom-light: #a5cff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.45766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBEF

secondary

#F2DFD1

accent

#660ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBEF

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

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