#78B0EA#78B0EA

#78B0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0EA
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -2.67, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 34.78, 265.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0349 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.103 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1172, 40.9815, 83.7276)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0EA #EAB278

analogous

#78E9EA #78B0EA #7978EA

triadic

#78B0EA #EA78B0 #B0EA78

tetradic

#78B0EA #EA78E9 #EAB278 #78EA79

square

#78B0EA #EA78E9 #EAB278 #78EA79

split-complementary

#78B0EA #EA7978 #E9EA78

monochromatic

#1F72C8 #4391E2 #78B0EA #ADCFF2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78B0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#78B0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0EA

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0EA	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c7f1',
    500: '#78b0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0ea;
$custom-light: #a5c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.526,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0EA

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7410D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0EA

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

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