#78BEFA#78BEFA

#78BEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.112 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEFA
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 250)
HSL	hsl(208, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -5.67, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 36.82, 261.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0458 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.112 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4084, 47.7186, 97.3471)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEFA #FAB478

analogous

#78FAF5 #78BEFA #787DFA

triadic

#78BEFA #FA78BE #BEFA78

tetradic

#78BEFA #F578FA #FAB478 #7DFA78

square

#78BEFA #F578FA #FAB478 #7DFA78

split-complementary

#78BEFA #FA787D #FAF578

monochromatic

#0985EF #3DA2F8 #78BEFA #B3DAFC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#78BEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#78BEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEFA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEFA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BFFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78befa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.112 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1fc',
    500: '#78befa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78befa;
$custom-light: #a6d1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78befa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEFA

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEFA

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

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