#78BBFF#78BBFF

#78BBFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBFF
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -2.56, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 40.11, 266.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.041 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.12 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5597, 46.7502, 101.3166)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBFF #FFBC78

analogous

#78FFFF #78BBFF #7878FF

triadic

#78BBFF #FF78BB #BBFF78

tetradic

#78BBFF #FF78FF #FFBC78 #78FF78

square

#78BBFF #FF78FF #FFBC78 #78FF78

split-complementary

#78BBFF #FF7878 #FFFF78

monochromatic

#007DFD #3B9CFF #78BBFF #B5DAFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#78BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBFF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBFF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cfff',
    500: '#78bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbff;
$custom-light: #a7cfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBFF

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBFF

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

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