#78CBEB#78CBEB

#78CBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.093 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBEB
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -16.81, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 29.00, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0656 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.093 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0915, 52.6995, 86.4297)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBEB #EB9878

analogous

#78EBD2 #78CBEB #7891EB

triadic

#78CBEB #EB78CB #CBEB78

tetradic

#78CBEB #D278EB #EB9878 #91EB78

square

#78CBEB #D278EB #EB9878 #91EB78

split-complementary

#78CBEB #EB7891 #EBD278

monochromatic

#1E9BCB #43B6E3 #78CBEB #ADE0F3 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#78CBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#78CBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBEB

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBEB	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.093 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf1',
    500: '#78cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbeb;
$custom-light: #a6dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBEB

secondary

#C46744

accent

#470FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBEB

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

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