#78BFEB#78BFEB

#78BFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.095 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFEB
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -10.52, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 30.62, 249.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0519 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.095 237)
XYZ	xyz(41.3665, 47.2496, 85.5214)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFEB #EBA478

analogous

#78EBDE #78BFEB #7885EB

triadic

#78BFEB #EB78BF #BFEB78

tetradic

#78BFEB #DE78EB #EBA478 #85EB78

square

#78BFEB #DE78EB #EBA478 #85EB78

split-complementary

#78BFEB #EB7885 #EBDE78

monochromatic

#1E89CB #43A6E3 #78BFEB #ADD8F3 #E3F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#78BFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFEB

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFEB	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.095 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2f1',
    500: '#78bfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfeb;
$custom-light: #a5d2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77438,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.47253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFEB

secondary

#F0DCCF

accent

#5B0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFEB

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

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