#78BEFF#78BEFF

#78BEFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEFF
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -4.20, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 38.99, 263.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0443 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.117 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2028, 48.0364, 101.5309)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEFF #FFB978

analogous

#78FFFD #78BEFF #787AFF

triadic

#78BEFF #FF78BE #BEFF78

tetradic

#78BEFF #FD78FF #FFB978 #7AFF78

square

#78BEFF #FD78FF #FFB978 #7AFF78

split-complementary

#78BEFF #FF787A #FFFD78

monochromatic

#0083FD #3BA1FF #78BEFF #B5DBFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#78BEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#78BEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEFF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEFF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78beff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 247.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78beff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEFF

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

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