#78BCED#78BCED

#78BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.099 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCED
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -8.35, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 32.11, 254.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0478 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.099 241)
XYZ	xyz(41.0096, 46.0708, 86.8358)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCED #EDA978

analogous

#78EDE3 #78BCED #7882ED

triadic

#78BCED #ED78BC #BCED78

tetradic

#78BCED #E378ED #EDA978 #82ED78

square

#78BCED #E378ED #EDA978 #82ED78

split-complementary

#78BCED #ED7882 #EDE378

monochromatic

#1C84CF #42A1E6 #78BCED #AED7F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#78BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCED

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCED	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.099 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f3',
    500: '#78bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bced;
$custom-light: #a5d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.46074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCED

secondary

#F1DED0

accent

#620DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCED

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

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