#78BDEB#78BDEB

#78BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDEB
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -9.45, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 31.08, 252.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0496 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.096 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9334, 46.3833, 85.3770)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDEB #EBA678

analogous

#78EBE0 #78BDEB #7884EB

triadic

#78BDEB #EB78BD #BDEB78

tetradic

#78BDEB #E078EB #EBA678 #84EB78

square

#78BDEB #E078EB #EBA678 #84EB78

split-complementary

#78BDEB #EB7884 #EBE078

monochromatic

#1E86CB #43A3E3 #78BDEB #ADD7F3 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#78BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDEB

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDEB	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f1',
    500: '#78bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdeb;
$custom-light: #a5d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76998,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDEB

secondary

#F0DCCF

accent

#5F0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDEB

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

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