#78CBF6#78CBF6

#78CBF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.101 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBF6
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 246)
HSL	hsl(200, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -13.74, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 32.03, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0616 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.101 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7301, 53.3550, 95.0596)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBF6 #F6A378

analogous

#78F6E2 #78CBF6 #788CF6

triadic

#78CBF6 #F678CB #CBF678

tetradic

#78CBF6 #E278F6 #F6A378 #8CF678

square

#78CBF6 #E278F6 #F6A378 #8CF678

split-complementary

#78CBF6 #F6788C #F6E278

monochromatic

#0F9CE4 #3FB5F2 #78CBF6 #B1E1FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CBF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#78CBF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBF6

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBF6	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BBF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.101 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf9',
    500: '#78cbf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbf6;
$custom-light: #a6daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.476,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBF6

secondary

#D17241

accent

#4F01E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBF6

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

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