#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
RGBrgb(120, 176, 227)
HSLhsl(209, 66%, 68%)
HSVhsv(209, 47%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(47.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -4.68, -31.28)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 31.63, 261.49°)
OKLaboklab(73.81% -0.0371 -0.0871)
OKLCHoklch(73.81% 0.095 246.9)
XYZxyz(37.1314, 40.5872, 78.5356)
Luminance0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##78B0E31.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

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

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#78B0E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva