#78BDFD#78BDFD

#78BDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDFD
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(209, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -4.25, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 38.47, 263.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0438 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.116 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6667, 47.4766, 99.7723)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDFD #FDB878

analogous

#78FDFA #78BDFD #787AFD

triadic

#78BDFD #FD78BD #BDFD78

tetradic

#78BDFD #FA78FD #FDB878 #7AFD78

square

#78BDFD #FA78FD #FDB878 #7AFD78

split-complementary

#78BDFD #FD787A #FDFA78

monochromatic

#0482F7 #3CA0FC #78BDFD #B4DAFE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#78BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#78BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDFD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDFD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0fe',
    500: '#78bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdfd;
$custom-light: #a7d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77782,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDFD

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDFD

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

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