#78BFDA#78BFDA

#78BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.081 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFDA
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -15.22, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 25.50, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.058 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.081 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0269, 46.3138, 73.1990)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFDA #DA9378

analogous

#78DAC4 #78BFDA #788EDA

triadic

#78BFDA #DA78BF #BFDA78

tetradic

#78BFDA #C478DA #DA9378 #8EDA78

square

#78BFDA #C478DA #DA9378 #8EDA78

split-complementary

#78BFDA #DA788E #DAC478

monochromatic

#2E87A9 #48A8CD #78BFDA #A8D6E7 #D8EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#78BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#78BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFDA

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFDA	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.081 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e5',
    500: '#78bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfda;
$custom-light: #a4d2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFDA

secondary

#E7D0C7

accent

#4E21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFDA

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

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