#78B2F2#78B2F2

#78B2F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78B2F2
RGBrgb(120, 178, 242)
HSLhsl(211, 82%, 71%)
HSVhsv(211, 50%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.04, -1.44, -37.67)
CIE-LCHlch(71.04, 37.69, 267.80°)
OKLaboklab(74.91% -0.0348 -0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(74.91% 0.111 251.8)
XYZxyz(39.6876, 42.2417, 90.0493)
Luminance0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78B2F2 #F2B878
analogous
#78EFF2 #78B2F2 #7B78F2
triadic
#78B2F2 #F278B2 #B2F278
tetradic
#78B2F2 #F278EF #F2B878 #78F27B
square
#78B2F2 #F278EF #F2B878 #78F27B
split-complementary
#78B2F2 #F27B78 #EFF278
monochromatic
#1573DB #4092ED #78B2F2 #B0D2F7 #E3EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#78B2F2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#78B2F2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2F2
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78B2F2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78B2F21.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98B5F5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A8F1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3AC1C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78b2f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 251.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f6',
    500: '#78b2f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78b2f2;
$custom-light: #a5c8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78b2f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.475,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78B2F2
secondary
#F3E4D3
accent
#7807DF
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FE
border
#CED1D6
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#78B2F2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva