#78BDF9#78BDF9

#78BDF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDF9
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -5.42, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 36.73, 261.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.045 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.111 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0361, 47.2244, 96.4515)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDF9 #F9B478

analogous

#78F9F4 #78BDF9 #787DF9

triadic

#78BDF9 #F978BD #BDF978

tetradic

#78BDF9 #F478F9 #F9B478 #7DF978

square

#78BDF9 #F478F9 #F9B478 #7DF978

split-complementary

#78BDF9 #F9787D #F9F478

monochromatic

#0A83EC #3DA0F6 #78BDF9 #B3DAFC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#78BDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDF9

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDF9	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0fb',
    500: '#78bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdf9;
$custom-light: #a6d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDF9

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDF9

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

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