#78BEEF#78BEEF

#78BEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEEF
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -8.85, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 32.35, 254.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0494 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.1 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7336, 47.0487, 88.5267)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEEF #EFA978

analogous

#78EFE5 #78BEEF #7882EF

triadic

#78BEEF #EF78BE #BEEF78

tetradic

#78BEEF #E578EF #EFA978 #82EF78

square

#78BEEF #E578EF #EFA978 #82EF78

split-complementary

#78BEEF #EF7882 #EFE578

monochromatic

#1987D4 #41A4E9 #78BEEF #AFD8F5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#78BEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEEF

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEEF	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ACACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78beef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1f4',
    500: '#78beef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78beef;
$custom-light: #a5d1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78beef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEEF

secondary

#F2DFD1

accent

#600ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEEF

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

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