#78BCFE#78BCFE

#78BCFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BCFE
RGBrgb(120, 188, 254)
HSLhsl(210, 99%, 73%)
HSVhsv(210, 53%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 26%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.26, -3.41, -39.13)
CIE-LCHlch(74.26, 39.28, 265.02°)
OKLaboklab(77.61% -0.0424 -0.1097)
OKLCHoklch(77.61% 0.118 248.9)
XYZxyz(43.6120, 47.1118, 100.5420)
Luminance0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BCFE #FEBA78
analogous
#78FEFD #78BCFE #7879FE
triadic
#78BCFE #FE78BC #BCFE78
tetradic
#78BCFE #FD78FE #FEBA78 #79FE78
square
#78BCFE #FD78FE #FEBA78 #79FE78
split-complementary
#78BCFE #FE7879 #FEFD78
monochromatic
#0280FA #3B9EFE #78BCFE #B5DAFE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#78BCFE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42
#78BCFE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCFE
10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BCFE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BCFE1.002.0110.4210.42
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4221.001.001.00
##00000010.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1BEFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FB1FD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27CBD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bcfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 248.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0ff',
    500: '#78bcfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bcfe;
$custom-light: #a7d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bcfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BCFE
secondary
#F7E5D4
accent
#7100E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101318
muted
#7F8286

Preview Lab

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#78BCFE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva