#78BCF9#78BCF9

#78BCF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCF9
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -4.88, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 37.08, 262.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0439 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.112 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8218, 46.7957, 96.3801)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCF9 #F9B578

analogous

#78F9F5 #78BCF9 #787CF9

triadic

#78BCF9 #F978BC #BCF978

tetradic

#78BCF9 #F578F9 #F9B578 #7CF978

square

#78BCF9 #F578F9 #F9B578 #7CF978

split-complementary

#78BCF9 #F9787C #F9F578

monochromatic

#0A81EC #3D9FF6 #78BCF9 #B3D9FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#78BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCF9

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCF9	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0fb',
    500: '#78bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcf9;
$custom-light: #a6d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.372,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCF9

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCF9

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

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