#78BCF6#78BCF6

#78BCF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.108 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCF6
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 246)
HSL	hsl(208, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -5.75, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 35.79, 260.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0449 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.108 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3576, 46.6100, 93.9354)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCF6 #F6B278

analogous

#78F6F1 #78BCF6 #787DF6

triadic

#78BCF6 #F678BC #BCF678

tetradic

#78BCF6 #F178F6 #F6B278 #7DF678

square

#78BCF6 #F178F6 #F6B278 #7DF678

split-complementary

#78BCF6 #F6787D #F6F178

monochromatic

#0F82E4 #3FA0F2 #78BCF6 #B1D8FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#78BCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCF6

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCF6	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BDF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.108 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f9',
    500: '#78bcf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcf6;
$custom-light: #a6d0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.619,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77253,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCF6

secondary

#F5E4D5

accent

#6A01E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCF6

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

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