#78BEFD#78BEFD

#78BEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.115 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BEFD
RGBrgb(120, 190, 253)
HSLhsl(208, 97%, 73%)
HSVhsv(208, 53%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.77, -4.79, -37.81)
CIE-LCHlch(74.77, 38.11, 262.78°)
OKLaboklab(78% -0.0449 -0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(78% 0.115 247)
XYZxyz(43.8825, 47.9083, 99.8442)
Luminance0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BEFD #FDB778
analogous
#78FDF9 #78BEFD #787BFD
triadic
#78BEFD #FD78BE #BEFD78
tetradic
#78BEFD #F978FD #FDB778 #7BFD78
square
#78BEFD #F978FD #FDB778 #7BFD78
split-complementary
#78BEFD #FD787B #FDF978
monochromatic
#0484F7 #3CA1FC #78BEFD #B4DBFE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#78BEFD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58
#78BEFD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEFD
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BEFD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BEFD1.001.9810.5810.58
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5821.001.001.00
##00000010.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4BFFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92B2FC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27CDD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78befd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.115 247.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1fe',
    500: '#78befd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78befd;
$custom-light: #a7d1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78befd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77997,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BEFD
secondary
#F7E5D4
accent
#6D00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101418
muted
#7F8286

Preview Lab

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