#78BDF2#78BDF2

#78BDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF2
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 242)
HSL	hsl(206, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -7.45, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 33.81, 257.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0473 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.103 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9646, 46.7958, 90.8083)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF2 #F2AD78

analogous

#78F2EA #78BDF2 #7880F2

triadic

#78BDF2 #F278BD #BDF278

tetradic

#78BDF2 #EA78F2 #F2AD78 #80F278

square

#78BDF2 #EA78F2 #F2AD78 #80F278

split-complementary

#78BDF2 #F27880 #F2EA78

monochromatic

#1585DB #40A2ED #78BDF2 #B0D8F7 #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#78BDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF2

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF2	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f6',
    500: '#78bdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf2;
$custom-light: #a6d0f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77295,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF2

secondary

#F3E1D3

accent

#6507DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF2

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

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