#78B0E3#78B0E3

#78B0E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.095 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0E3
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -4.68, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 31.63, 261.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0371 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.095 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1314, 40.5872, 78.5356)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0E3 #E3AB78

analogous

#78E3E0 #78B0E3 #787AE3

triadic

#78B0E3 #E378B0 #B0E378

tetradic

#78B0E3 #E078E3 #E3AB78 #7AE378

square

#78B0E3 #E078E3 #E3AB78 #7AE378

split-complementary

#78B0E3 #E3787A #E3E078

monochromatic

#2774BA #4592D8 #78B0E3 #ABCEEE #DDEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#78B0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#78B0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0E3

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0E3	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.095 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c7ec',
    500: '#78b0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0e3;
$custom-light: #a4c7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.598,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0E3

secondary

#ECDBCB

accent

#6F18CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0E3

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

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