#78BEE3#78BEE3

#78BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.088 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEE3
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -12.23, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 28.10, 244.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0535 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.088 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0193, 46.3630, 79.4983)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEE3 #E39D78

analogous

#78E3D3 #78BEE3 #7888E3

triadic

#78BEE3 #E378BE #BEE378

tetradic

#78BEE3 #D378E3 #E39D78 #88E378

square

#78BEE3 #D378E3 #E39D78 #88E378

split-complementary

#78BEE3 #E37888 #E3D378

monochromatic

#2787BA #45A6D8 #78BEE3 #ABD6EE #DDEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#78BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEE3

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEE3	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.088 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1ec',
    500: '#78bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bee3;
$custom-light: #a4d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.748,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEE3

secondary

#ECD6CB

accent

#5718CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEE3

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

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