#78B2DA#78B2DA

#78B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.084 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2DA
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -8.30, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 27.32, 252.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0425 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.084 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3166, 40.8933, 72.2956)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2DA #DAA078

analogous

#78DAD1 #78B2DA #7881DA

triadic

#78B2DA #DA78B2 #B2DA78

tetradic

#78B2DA #D178DA #DAA078 #81DA78

square

#78B2DA #D178DA #DAA078 #81DA78

split-complementary

#78B2DA #DA7881 #DAD178

monochromatic

#2E77A9 #4897CD #78B2DA #A8CDE7 #D8E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#78B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2DA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2DA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.084 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9e5',
    500: '#78b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2da;
$custom-light: #a3c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2DA

secondary

#E7D4C7

accent

#6421C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2DA

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

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