#78A3DB#78A3DB

#78A3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.095 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A3DB
RGB	rgb(120, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 0.26, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 32.93, 270.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.024 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.095 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6249, 35.2998, 72.0458)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A3DB #DBB078

analogous

#78D5DB #78A3DB #7F78DB

triadic

#78A3DB #DB78A3 #A3DB78

tetradic

#78A3DB #DB78D5 #DBB078 #78DB7F

square

#78A3DB #DB78D5 #DBB078 #78DB7F

split-complementary

#78A3DB #DB7F78 #D5DB78

monochromatic

#2E64AB #4882CE #78A3DB #A8C4E8 #D9E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#78A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#78A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A3DB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A3DB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.095 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bee6',
    500: '#78a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a3db;
$custom-light: #a3bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.939,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A3DB

secondary

#E7DAC7

accent

#7E20C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A3DB

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

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