#78BDFA#78BDFA

#78BDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDFA
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 250)
HSL	hsl(208, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 24.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -5.13, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 37.16, 262.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0447 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.112 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1925, 47.2869, 97.2751)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDFA #FAB578

analogous

#78FAF6 #78BDFA #787CFA

triadic

#78BDFA #FA78BD #BDFA78

tetradic

#78BDFA #F678FA #FAB578 #7CFA78

square

#78BDFA #F678FA #FAB578 #7CFA78

split-complementary

#78BDFA #FA787C #FAF678

monochromatic

#0983EF #3DA0F8 #78BDFA #B3DAFC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#78BDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDFA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDFA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B1F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DCBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0fc',
    500: '#78bdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdfa;
$custom-light: #a6d0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77647,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDFA

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDFA

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

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