#78BFEA#78BFEA

#78BFEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.094 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BFEA
RGBrgb(120, 191, 234)
HSLhsl(203, 73%, 69%)
HSVhsv(203, 49%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(48.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.31, -10.80, -28.27)
CIE-LCHlch(74.31, 30.27, 249.09°)
OKLaboklab(77.4% -0.0522 -0.0786)
OKLCHoklch(77.4% 0.094 236.4)
XYZxyz(41.2225, 47.1920, 84.7626)
Luminance0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BFEA #EAA378
analogous
#78EADC #78BFEA #7886EA
triadic
#78BFEA #EA78BF #BFEA78
tetradic
#78BFEA #DC78EA #EAA378 #86EA78
square
#78BFEA #DC78EA #EAA378 #86EA78
split-complementary
#78BFEA #EA7886 #EADC78
monochromatic
#1F89C8 #43A6E2 #78BFEA #ADD8F2 #E2F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#78BFEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44
#78BFEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFEA
10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BFEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BFEA1.002.0110.4410.44
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4421.001.001.00
##00000010.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABBEEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB1E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3ECACD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bfea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.094 236.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2f0',
    500: '#78bfea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bfea;
$custom-light: #a5d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bfea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.632,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77396,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BFEA
secondary
#EFDBCE
accent
#5B10D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#78BFEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva