#78B0E9#78B0E9

#78B0E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0E9
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -2.96, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 34.32, 265.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0352 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.102 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9740, 40.9242, 82.9731)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0E9 #E9B178

analogous

#78E9E9 #78B0E9 #7978E9

triadic

#78B0E9 #E978B0 #B0E978

tetradic

#78B0E9 #E978E9 #E9B178 #78E979

square

#78B0E9 #E978E9 #E9B178 #78E979

split-complementary

#78B0E9 #E97978 #E9E978

monochromatic

#2073C6 #4391E0 #78B0E9 #ADCFF2 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78B0E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#78B0E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0E9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0E9	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c7f0',
    500: '#78b0e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0e9;
$custom-light: #a5c7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.265,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74076,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0E9

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7411D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0E9

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

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