#78BFEF#78BFEF

#78BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFEF
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -9.39, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 32.09, 252.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0505 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.099 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9509, 47.4834, 88.5992)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFEF #EFA878

analogous

#78EFE4 #78BFEF #7883EF

triadic

#78BFEF #EF78BF #BFEF78

tetradic

#78BFEF #E478EF #EFA878 #83EF78

square

#78BFEF #E478EF #EFA878 #83EF78

split-complementary

#78BFEF #EF7883 #EFE478

monochromatic

#1988D4 #41A5E9 #78BFEF #AFD9F5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#78BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#78BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFEF

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFEF	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2f4',
    500: '#78bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfef;
$custom-light: #a5d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFEF

secondary

#F2DED1

accent

#5F0ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFEF

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

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