#78B2EA#78B2EA

#78B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2EA
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -3.77, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 34.03, 263.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0372 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.101 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5123, 41.7716, 83.8592)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2EA #EAB078

analogous

#78EAE9 #78B2EA #7879EA

triadic

#78B2EA #EA78B2 #B2EA78

tetradic

#78B2EA #E978EA #EAB078 #79EA78

square

#78B2EA #E978EA #EAB078 #79EA78

split-complementary

#78B2EA #EA7879 #EAE978

monochromatic

#1F75C8 #4394E2 #78B2EA #ADD0F2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#78B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#78B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2EA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2EA	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f1',
    500: '#78b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2ea;
$custom-light: #a5c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2EA

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7110D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2EA

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

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