#78BCF0#78BCF0

#78BCF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.102 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCF0
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 240)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -7.49, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 33.30, 257.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0468 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.102 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4515, 46.2476, 89.1635)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCF0 #F0AC78

analogous

#78F0E8 #78BCF0 #7880F0

triadic

#78BCF0 #F078BC #BCF078

tetradic

#78BCF0 #E878F0 #F0AC78 #80F078

square

#78BCF0 #E878F0 #F0AC78 #80F078

split-complementary

#78BCF0 #F07880 #F0E878

monochromatic

#1883D6 #41A1EA #78BCF0 #AFD7F6 #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#78BCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#78BCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCF0

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCF0	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.102 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f5',
    500: '#78bcf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcf0;
$custom-light: #a5d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76991,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCF0

secondary

#F2E0D2

accent

#6509DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCF0

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

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