#78BEF8#78BEF8

#78BEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BEF8
RGBrgb(120, 190, 248)
HSLhsl(207, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(207, 52%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.57, -6.26, -35.43)
CIE-LCHlch(74.57, 35.98, 259.99°)
OKLaboklab(77.77% -0.0465 -0.099)
OKLCHoklch(77.77% 0.109 244.9)
XYZxyz(43.0964, 47.5939, 95.7042)
Luminance0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BEF8 #F8B278
analogous
#78F8F2 #78BEF8 #787EF8
triadic
#78BEF8 #F878BE #BEF878
tetradic
#78BEF8 #F278F8 #F8B278 #7EF878
square
#78BEF8 #F278F8 #F8B278 #7EF878
split-complementary
#78BEF8 #F8787E #F8F278
monochromatic
#0C85E9 #3EA2F5 #78BEF8 #B2DAFB #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#78BEF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52
#78BEF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEF8
10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BEF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BEF81.002.0010.5210.52
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5221.001.001.00
##00000010.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5BFFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B2F7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2FCCD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 244.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1fa',
    500: '#78bef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bef8;
$custom-light: #a6d1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.188,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BEF8
secondary
#F6E4D5
accent
#6800E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

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#78BEF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva