#78BDE2#78BDE2

#78BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.088 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDE2
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -11.98, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 27.94, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0527 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.088 233)
XYZ	xyz(39.6659, 45.8763, 78.7015)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDE2 #E29D78

analogous

#78E2D2 #78BDE2 #7888E2

triadic

#78BDE2 #E278BD #BDE278

tetradic

#78BDE2 #D278E2 #E29D78 #88E278

square

#78BDE2 #D278E2 #E29D78 #88E278

split-complementary

#78BDE2 #E27888 #E2D278

monochromatic

#2886B8 #46A4D7 #78BDE2 #AAD6ED #DDEEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#78BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDE2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDE2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.088 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0eb',
    500: '#78bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bde2;
$custom-light: #a4d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76629,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.45879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDE2

secondary

#EBD6CB

accent

#5819CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDE2

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

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