#78BDED#78BDED

#78BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDED
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -8.89, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 31.84, 253.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0489 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.098 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2239, 46.4995, 86.9073)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDED #EDA878

analogous

#78EDE2 #78BDED #7883ED

triadic

#78BDED #ED78BD #BDED78

tetradic

#78BDED #E278ED #EDA878 #83ED78

square

#78BDED #E278ED #EDA878 #83ED78

split-complementary

#78BDED #ED7883 #EDE278

monochromatic

#1C85CF #42A3E6 #78BDED #AED7F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#78BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDED

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDED	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f3',
    500: '#78bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bded;
$custom-light: #a5d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77082,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDED

secondary

#F1DDD0

accent

#600DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDED

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

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