#78BEDF#78BEDF

#78BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.085 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEDF
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -13.33, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 26.88, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.055 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.085 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4737, 46.1448, 76.6245)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEDF #DF9978

analogous

#78DFCC #78BEDF #788BDF

triadic

#78BEDF #DF78BE #BEDF78

tetradic

#78BEDF #CC78DF #DF9978 #8BDF78

square

#78BEDF #CC78DF #DF9978 #8BDF78

split-complementary

#78BEDF #DF788B #DFCC78

monochromatic

#2A87B2 #47A6D3 #78BEDF #A9D6EB #DBEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#78BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#78BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEDF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEDF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.085 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e9',
    500: '#78bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bedf;
$custom-light: #a4d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEDF

secondary

#EAD4C9

accent

#541CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEDF

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

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