#78BEDA#78BEDA

#78BEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.081 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEDA
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -14.69, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 25.54, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0568 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.081 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8095, 45.8791, 73.1265)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEDA #DA9478

analogous

#78DAC5 #78BEDA #788DDA

triadic

#78BEDA #DA78BE #BEDA78

tetradic

#78BEDA #C578DA #DA9478 #8DDA78

square

#78BEDA #C578DA #DA9478 #8DDA78

split-complementary

#78BEDA #DA788D #DAC578

monochromatic

#2E86A9 #48A7CD #78BEDA #A8D5E7 #D8ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#78BEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEDA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEDA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78beda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.081 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e5',
    500: '#78beda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78beda;
$custom-light: #a4d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78beda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEDA

secondary

#E7D0C7

accent

#5021C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEDA

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

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