#78A6DB#78A6DB

#78A6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.092 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A6DB
RGB	rgb(120, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -1.42, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 31.68, 267.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0277 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.092 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1639, 36.3778, 72.2255)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A6DB #DBAD78

analogous

#78D8DB #78A6DB #7C78DB

triadic

#78A6DB #DB78A6 #A6DB78

tetradic

#78A6DB #DB78D8 #DBAD78 #78DB7C

square

#78A6DB #DB78D8 #DBAD78 #78DB7C

split-complementary

#78A6DB #DB7C78 #D8DB78

monochromatic

#2E68AB #4886CE #78A6DB #A8C6E8 #D9E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#78A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#78A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A6DB

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A6DB	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.092 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c0e6',
    500: '#78a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a6db;
$custom-light: #a3c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.121,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A6DB

secondary

#E7D9C7

accent

#7920C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A6DB

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

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