#78BCFF#78BCFF

#78BCFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCFF
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -3.11, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 39.73, 265.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0421 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.119 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7726, 47.1760, 101.3875)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCFF #FFBB78

analogous

#78FFFF #78BCFF #7878FF

triadic

#78BCFF #FF78BC #BCFF78

tetradic

#78BCFF #FF78FF #FFBB78 #78FF78

square

#78BCFF #FF78FF #FFBB78 #78FF78

split-complementary

#78BCFF #FF7878 #FFFF78

monochromatic

#007FFD #3B9EFF #78BCFF #B5DAFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#78BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCFF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCFF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0ff',
    500: '#78bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcff;
$custom-light: #a7d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.778,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77658,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#7200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCFF

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

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