#78BDF1#78BDF1

#78BDF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.102 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF1
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 241)
HSL	hsl(206, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -7.74, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 33.41, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0476 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.102 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8149, 46.7359, 90.0195)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF1 #F1AC78

analogous

#78F1E8 #78BDF1 #7880F1

triadic

#78BDF1 #F178BD #BDF178

tetradic

#78BDF1 #E878F1 #F1AC78 #80F178

square

#78BDF1 #E878F1 #F1AC78 #80F178

split-complementary

#78BDF1 #F17880 #F1E878

monochromatic

#1685D8 #41A2EB #78BDF1 #AFD8F7 #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BDF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#78BDF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF1

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF1	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BDF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.102 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f5',
    500: '#78bdf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf1;
$custom-light: #a6d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 81.208,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF1

secondary

#F3E0D2

accent

#6408DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF1

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

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