#78B1EA#78B1EA

#78B1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B1EA
RGB	rgb(120, 177, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -3.22, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 34.40, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.036 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.102 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3140, 41.3751, 83.7932)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B1EA #EAB178

analogous

#78EAEA #78B1EA #7878EA

triadic

#78B1EA #EA78B1 #B1EA78

tetradic

#78B1EA #EA78EA #EAB178 #78EA78

square

#78B1EA #EA78EA #EAB178 #78EA78

split-complementary

#78B1EA #EA7878 #EAEA78

monochromatic

#1F74C8 #4392E2 #78B1EA #ADD0F2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#78B1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#78B1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B1EA

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B1EA	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 177, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f1',
    500: '#78b1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b1ea;
$custom-light: #a5c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74337,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B1EA

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7310D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B1EA

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

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