#78BFE6#78BFE6

#78BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.091 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFE6
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -11.93, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 28.91, 245.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0536 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.091 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6543, 46.9647, 81.7703)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFE6 #E69F78

analogous

#78E6D6 #78BFE6 #7888E6

triadic

#78BFE6 #E678BF #BFE678

tetradic

#78BFE6 #D678E6 #E69F78 #88E678

square

#78BFE6 #D678E6 #E69F78 #88E678

split-complementary

#78BFE6 #E67888 #E6D678

monochromatic

#2489C0 #44A7DC #78BFE6 #ACD7F0 #DFF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#78BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#78BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFE6

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFE6	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.091 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2ee',
    500: '#78bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfe6;
$custom-light: #a5d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFE6

secondary

#EDD8CC

accent

#5715D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFE6

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

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