#78BEE7#78BEE7

#78BEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.092 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEE7
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -11.12, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 29.42, 247.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0521 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.092 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5778, 46.5864, 82.4396)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEE7 #E7A178

analogous

#78E7D9 #78BEE7 #7887E7

triadic

#78BEE7 #E778BE #BEE778

tetradic

#78BEE7 #D978E7 #E7A178 #87E778

square

#78BEE7 #D978E7 #E7A178 #87E778

split-complementary

#78BEE7 #E77887 #E7D978

monochromatic

#2387C2 #44A5DE #78BEE7 #ACD7F0 #E0F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#78BEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEE7

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEE7	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.092 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ee',
    500: '#78bee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bee7;
$custom-light: #a5d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.162,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77053,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEE7

secondary

#EED9CD

accent

#5A14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEE7

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

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