#78CBF0#78CBF0

#78CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.096 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBF0
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -15.43, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 30.28, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0638 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.096 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8240, 52.9925, 90.2877)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBF0 #F09D78

analogous

#78F0D9 #78CBF0 #788FF0

triadic

#78CBF0 #F078CB #CBF078

tetradic

#78CBF0 #D978F0 #F09D78 #8FF078

square

#78CBF0 #D978F0 #F09D78 #8FF078

split-complementary

#78CBF0 #F0788F #F0D978

monochromatic

#189BD6 #41B6EA #78CBF0 #AFE0F6 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#78CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#78CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBF0

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBF0	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.096 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf5',
    500: '#78cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbf0;
$custom-light: #a6daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80293,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBF0

secondary

#CA6C42

accent

#4A09DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBF0

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

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