#78BEFE#78BEFE

#78BEFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEFE
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 254)
HSL	hsl(209, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -4.50, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 38.55, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0446 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.116 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0422, 47.9722, 100.6854)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEFE #FEB878

analogous

#78FEFB #78BEFE #787BFE

triadic

#78BEFE #FE78BE #BEFE78

tetradic

#78BEFE #FB78FE #FEB878 #7BFE78

square

#78BEFE #FB78FE #FEB878 #7BFE78

split-complementary

#78BEFE #FE787B #FEFB78

monochromatic

#0283FA #3BA1FE #78BEFE #B5DBFE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#78BEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#78BEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEFE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEFE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78befe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1ff',
    500: '#78befe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78befe;
$custom-light: #a7d1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78befe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEFE

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEFE

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

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