#78A2DB#78A2DB

#78A2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2DB
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 219)
HSL	hsl(215, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(215, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 26%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 0.82, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 33.37, 271.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0228 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.096 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4480, 34.9461, 71.9869)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2DB #DBB178

analogous

#78D4DB #78A2DB #8078DB

triadic

#78A2DB #DB78A2 #A2DB78

tetradic

#78A2DB #DB78D4 #DBB178 #78DB80

square

#78A2DB #DB78D4 #DBB178 #78DB80

split-complementary

#78A2DB #DB8078 #D4DB78

monochromatic

#2E63AB #4881CE #78A2DB #A8C3E8 #D9E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#78A2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#78A2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2DB

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2DB	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bde6',
    500: '#78a2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2db;
$custom-light: #a3bde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70422,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2DB

secondary

#E7DAC7

accent

#7F20C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2DB

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

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