#78BEE9#78BEE9

#78BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.094 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEE9
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -10.55, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 30.12, 249.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0514 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.094 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8619, 46.7000, 83.9357)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEE9 #E9A378

analogous

#78E9DC #78BEE9 #7886E9

triadic

#78BEE9 #E978BE #BEE978

tetradic

#78BEE9 #DC78E9 #E9A378 #86E978

square

#78BEE9 #DC78E9 #E9A378 #86E978

split-complementary

#78BEE9 #E97886 #E9DC78

monochromatic

#2087C6 #43A5E0 #78BEE9 #ADD7F2 #E1F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#78BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEE9

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEE9	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.094 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1f0',
    500: '#78bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bee9;
$custom-light: #a5d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.832,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEE9

secondary

#EFDACE

accent

#5C11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEE9

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

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