#78BDFF#78BDFF

#78BDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDFF
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -3.66, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 39.35, 264.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0432 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.118 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9869, 47.6047, 101.4590)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDFF #FFBA78

analogous

#78FFFD #78BDFF #7879FF

triadic

#78BDFF #FF78BD #BDFF78

tetradic

#78BDFF #FD78FF #FFBA78 #79FF78

square

#78BDFF #FD78FF #FFBA78 #79FF78

split-complementary

#78BDFF #FF7879 #FFFD78

monochromatic

#0081FD #3B9FFF #78BDFF #B5DBFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#78BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#78BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDFF

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDFF	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24CCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0ff',
    500: '#78bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdff;
$custom-light: #a7d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#7000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDFF

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

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