#78BDEC#78BDEC

#78BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.097 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDEC
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -9.17, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 31.46, 253.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0493 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.097 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0782, 46.4412, 86.1400)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDEC #ECA778

analogous

#78ECE1 #78BDEC #7883EC

triadic

#78BDEC #EC78BD #BDEC78

tetradic

#78BDEC #E178EC #ECA778 #83EC78

square

#78BDEC #E178EC #ECA778 #83EC78

split-complementary

#78BDEC #EC7883 #ECE178

monochromatic

#1D85CD #42A3E4 #78BDEC #AED7F4 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#78BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDEC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDEC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.097 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f2',
    500: '#78bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdec;
$custom-light: #a5d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDEC

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#600ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDEC

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

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