#78BDF4#78BDF4

#78BDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF4
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(207, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -6.88, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 34.63, 258.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0466 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.106 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2666, 46.9166, 92.3989)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF4 #F4AF78

analogous

#78F4ED #78BDF4 #787FF4

triadic

#78BDF4 #F478BD #BDF478

tetradic

#78BDF4 #ED78F4 #F4AF78 #7FF478

square

#78BDF4 #ED78F4 #F4AF78 #7FF478

split-complementary

#78BDF4 #F4787F #F4ED78

monochromatic

#1284DF #3FA1EF #78BDF4 #B1D9F9 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#78BDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF4

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF4	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f8',
    500: '#78bdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf4;
$custom-light: #a6d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.613,
    "s": 84.932,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77382,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF4

secondary

#F4E2D4

accent

#6604E1

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF4

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

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