#78BEE5#78BEE5

#78BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.090 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEE5
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -11.67, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 28.75, 246.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0528 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.09 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2970, 46.4741, 80.9605)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEE5 #E59F78

analogous

#78E5D5 #78BEE5 #7887E5

triadic

#78BEE5 #E578BE #BEE578

tetradic

#78BEE5 #D578E5 #E59F78 #87E578

square

#78BEE5 #D578E5 #E59F78 #87E578

split-complementary

#78BEE5 #E57887 #E5D578

monochromatic

#2587BE #45A5DB #78BEE5 #ABD7EF #DFEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#78BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEE5

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEE5	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.090 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ed',
    500: '#78bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bee5;
$custom-light: #a5d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEE5

secondary

#EDD8CC

accent

#5816D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEE5

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

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