#78BDF0#78BDF0

#78BDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.101 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF0
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -8.03, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 33.01, 255.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0479 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.101 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6659, 46.6763, 89.2350)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF0 #F0AB78

analogous

#78F0E7 #78BDF0 #7881F0

triadic

#78BDF0 #F078BD #BDF078

tetradic

#78BDF0 #E778F0 #F0AB78 #81F078

square

#78BDF0 #E778F0 #F0AB78 #81F078

split-complementary

#78BDF0 #F07881 #F0E778

monochromatic

#1885D6 #41A2EA #78BDF0 #AFD8F6 #E3F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#78BDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF0

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF0	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BDF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.101 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0f5',
    500: '#78bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf0;
$custom-light: #a5d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77209,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF0

secondary

#F2DFD2

accent

#6309DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF0

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

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