#78CBF5#78CBF5

#78CBF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.100 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBF5
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(200, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -14.02, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 31.72, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.062 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.1 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5770, 53.2937, 94.2534)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBF5 #F5A278

analogous

#78F5E1 #78CBF5 #788DF5

triadic

#78CBF5 #F578CB #CBF578

tetradic

#78CBF5 #E178F5 #F5A278 #8DF578

square

#78CBF5 #E178F5 #F5A278 #8DF578

split-complementary

#78CBF5 #F5788D #F5E178

monochromatic

#119CE2 #3FB5F1 #78CBF5 #B1E1F9 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#78CBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBF5

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBF5	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BBF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.100 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf8',
    500: '#78cbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbf5;
$custom-light: #a6daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.16,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80493,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBF5

secondary

#D07141

accent

#4E03E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBF5

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

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