#78BDEE#78BDEE

#78BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.099 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDEE
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -8.60, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 32.23, 254.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0486 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.099 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3704, 46.5581, 87.6789)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDEE #EEA978

analogous

#78EEE4 #78BDEE #7882EE

triadic

#78BDEE #EE78BD #BDEE78

tetradic

#78BDEE #E478EE #EEA978 #82EE78

square

#78BDEE #E478EE #EEA978 #82EE78

split-complementary

#78BDEE #EE7882 #EEE478

monochromatic

#1A85D1 #42A2E7 #78BDEE #AED8F5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#78BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDEE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDEE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.099 240.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.915,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77124,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDEE

secondary

#F1DED1

accent

#610CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDEE

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

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