#78BDF8#78BDF8

#78BDF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.110 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF8
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 248)
HSL	hsl(208, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -5.71, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 36.31, 260.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0453 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.11 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8806, 47.1622, 95.6323)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF8 #F8B378

analogous

#78F8F3 #78BDF8 #787DF8

triadic

#78BDF8 #F878BD #BDF878

tetradic

#78BDF8 #F378F8 #F8B378 #7DF878

square

#78BDF8 #F378F8 #F8B378 #7DF878

split-complementary

#78BDF8 #F8787D #F8F378

monochromatic

#0C83E9 #3EA1F5 #78BDF8 #B2D9FB #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#78BDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF8

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF8	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.110 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0fa',
    500: '#78bdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf8;
$custom-light: #a6d0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.656,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77558,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF8

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF8

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

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