#78BEF9#78BEF9

#78BEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEF9
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(207, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -5.96, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 36.40, 260.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0461 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.11 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2520, 47.6561, 96.5235)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEF9 #F9B378

analogous

#78F9F4 #78BEF9 #787EF9

triadic

#78BEF9 #F978BE #BEF978

tetradic

#78BEF9 #F478F9 #F9B378 #7EF978

square

#78BEF9 #F478F9 #F9B378 #7EF978

split-complementary

#78BEF9 #F9787E #F9F478

monochromatic

#0A85EC #3DA2F6 #78BEF9 #B3DAFC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#78BEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#78BEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEF9

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEF9	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1fb',
    500: '#78bef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bef9;
$custom-light: #a6d1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.442,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77819,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEF9

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEF9

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

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