#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
RGBrgb(120, 190, 250)
HSLhsl(208, 93%, 73%)
HSVhsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(52%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.65, -5.67, -36.38)
CIE-LCHlch(74.65, 36.82, 261.14°)
OKLaboklab(77.86% -0.0458 -0.1017)
OKLCHoklch(77.86% 0.112 245.7)
XYZxyz(43.4084, 47.7186, 97.3471)
Luminance0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##78BEFA1.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

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

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