#78BFEC#78BFEC

#78BFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.096 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFEC
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -10.24, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 30.98, 250.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0516 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.096 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5114, 47.3076, 86.2844)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFEC #ECA578

analogous

#78ECDF #78BFEC #7885EC

triadic

#78BFEC #EC78BF #BFEC78

tetradic

#78BFEC #DF78EC #ECA578 #85EC78

square

#78BFEC #DF78EC #ECA578 #85EC78

split-complementary

#78BFEC #EC7885 #ECDF78

monochromatic

#1D89CD #42A6E4 #78BFEC #AED8F4 #E3F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#78BFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#78BFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFEC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFEC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.096 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2f2',
    500: '#78bfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfec;
$custom-light: #a5d2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFEC

secondary

#F0DCD0

accent

#5C0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFEC

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

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