#78BEEB#78BEEB

#78BEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.096 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEEB
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -9.99, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 30.85, 251.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0508 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.096 238)
XYZ	xyz(41.1492, 46.8150, 85.4489)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEEB #EBA578

analogous

#78EBDE #78BEEB #7885EB

triadic

#78BEEB #EB78BE #BEEB78

tetradic

#78BEEB #DE78EB #EBA578 #85EB78

square

#78BEEB #DE78EB #EBA578 #85EB78

split-complementary

#78BEEB #EB7885 #EBDE78

monochromatic

#1E87CB #43A4E3 #78BEEB #ADD8F3 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#78BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#78BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEEB

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEEB	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.096 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1f1',
    500: '#78beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78beeb;
$custom-light: #a5d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.46818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEEB

secondary

#F0DCCF

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEEB

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

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