#78BDF6#78BDF6

#78BDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.108 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF6
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 246)
HSL	hsl(207, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -6.30, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 35.46, 259.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.046 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.108 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5720, 47.0387, 94.0069)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF6 #F6B178

analogous

#78F6F0 #78BDF6 #787EF6

triadic

#78BDF6 #F678BD #BDF678

tetradic

#78BDF6 #F078F6 #F6B178 #7EF678

square

#78BDF6 #F078F6 #F6B178 #7EF678

split-complementary

#78BDF6 #F6787E #F6F078

monochromatic

#0F84E4 #3FA1F2 #78BDF6 #B1D9FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#78BDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF6

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF6	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BEF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.108 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f9',
    500: '#78bdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf6;
$custom-light: #a6d0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.143,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF6

secondary

#F5E3D5

accent

#6801E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF6

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

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