#78BEE8#78BEE8

#78BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.093 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEE8
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -10.83, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 29.77, 248.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0518 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.093 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7195, 46.6431, 83.1855)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEE8 #E8A278

analogous

#78E8DA #78BEE8 #7886E8

triadic

#78BEE8 #E878BE #BEE878

tetradic

#78BEE8 #DA78E8 #E8A278 #86E878

square

#78BEE8 #DA78E8 #E8A278 #86E878

split-complementary

#78BEE8 #E87886 #E8DA78

monochromatic

#2187C4 #44A5DF #78BEE8 #ACD7F1 #E1F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#78BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEE8

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEE8	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.093 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ef',
    500: '#78bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bee8;
$custom-light: #a5d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77094,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEE8

secondary

#EEDACD

accent

#5B13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEE8

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

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