#78BCEF#78BCEF

#78BCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCEF
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -7.78, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 32.90, 256.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0471 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.101 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3034, 46.1883, 88.3833)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCEF #EFAB78

analogous

#78EFE6 #78BCEF #7880EF

triadic

#78BCEF #EF78BC #BCEF78

tetradic

#78BCEF #E678EF #EFAB78 #80EF78

square

#78BCEF #E678EF #EFAB78 #80EF78

split-complementary

#78BCEF #EF7880 #EFE678

monochromatic

#1984D4 #41A1E9 #78BCEF #AFD7F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#78BCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#78BCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCEF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCEF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f4',
    500: '#78bcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcef;
$custom-light: #a5d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76948,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCEF

secondary

#F2DFD1

accent

#640ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCEF

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

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