#78CBEF#78CBEF

#78CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.096 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBEF
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -15.70, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 30.01, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0641 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.096 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6759, 52.9333, 89.5075)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBEF #EF9C78

analogous

#78EFD7 #78CBEF #788FEF

triadic

#78CBEF #EF78CB #CBEF78

tetradic

#78CBEF #D778EF #EF9C78 #8FEF78

square

#78CBEF #D778EF #EF9C78 #8FEF78

split-complementary

#78CBEF #EF788F #EFD778

monochromatic

#199BD4 #41B6E9 #78CBEF #AFE0F5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#78CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBEF

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBEF	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.096 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf4',
    500: '#78cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbef;
$custom-light: #a6daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBEF

secondary

#C96B43

accent

#4A0ADB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBEF

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

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