#78BFDE#78BFDE

#78BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.084 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFDE
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -14.13, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 26.51, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0565 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.084 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5566, 46.5257, 75.9890)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFDE #DE9778

analogous

#78DECA #78BFDE #788CDE

triadic

#78BFDE #DE78BF #BFDE78

tetradic

#78BFDE #CA78DE #DE9778 #8CDE78

square

#78BFDE #CA78DE #DE9778 #8CDE78

split-complementary

#78BFDE #DE788C #DECA78

monochromatic

#2B88B0 #47A8D2 #78BFDE #A9D6EA #DAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#78BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFDE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFDE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.084 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e8',
    500: '#78bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfde;
$custom-light: #a4d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76916,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFDE

secondary

#E9D3C9

accent

#511DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFDE

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

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