#78BEEC#78BEEC

#78BEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.097 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEEC
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -9.71, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 31.21, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0504 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.097 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2941, 46.8729, 86.2120)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEEC #ECA678

analogous

#78ECE0 #78BEEC #7884EC

triadic

#78BEEC #EC78BE #BEEC78

tetradic

#78BEEC #E078EC #ECA678 #84EC78

square

#78BEEC #E078EC #ECA678 #84EC78

split-complementary

#78BEEC #EC7884 #ECE078

monochromatic

#1D87CD #42A4E4 #78BEEC #AED8F4 #E3F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#78BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEEC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEEC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.097 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1f2',
    500: '#78beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78beec;
$custom-light: #a5d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77259,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEEC

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#5E0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEEC

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

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