#78BDE4#78BDE4

#78BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.089 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDE4
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -11.42, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 28.59, 246.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.052 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.089 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9419, 45.9867, 80.1553)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDE4 #E49F78

analogous

#78E4D5 #78BDE4 #7887E4

triadic

#78BDE4 #E478BD #BDE478

tetradic

#78BDE4 #D578E4 #E49F78 #87E478

square

#78BDE4 #D578E4 #E49F78 #87E478

split-complementary

#78BDE4 #E47887 #E4D578

monochromatic

#2686BC #45A4DA #78BDE4 #ABD6EE #DEEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#78BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDE4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDE4	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.089 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0ec',
    500: '#78bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bde4;
$custom-light: #a4d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7671,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDE4

secondary

#ECD7CC

accent

#5917CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDE4

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

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