#78B2F9#78B2F9

#78B2F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78B2F9
RGBrgb(120, 178, 249)
HSLhsl(213, 91%, 72%)
HSVhsv(213, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.33, 0.62, -41.00)
CIE-LCHlch(71.33, 41.01, 270.87°)
OKLaboklab(75.24% -0.0327 -0.1151)
OKLCHoklch(75.24% 0.12 254.1)
XYZxyz(40.7591, 42.6703, 95.6925)
Luminance0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78B2F9 #F9BF78
analogous
#78F3F9 #78B2F9 #7E78F9
triadic
#78B2F9 #F978B2 #B2F978
tetradic
#78B2F9 #F978F3 #F9BF78 #78F97E
square
#78B2F9 #F978F3 #F9BF78 #78F97E
split-complementary
#78B2F9 #F97E78 #F3F978
monochromatic
#0A70EC #3D91F6 #78B2F9 #B3D3FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#78B2F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53
#78B2F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2F9
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78B2F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78B2F91.002.209.539.53
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5321.001.001.00
##0000009.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96B6FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A9F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#32C2CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78b2f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 254.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c8fb',
    500: '#78b2f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78b2f9;
$custom-light: #a6c8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78b2f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.023,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75242,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78B2F9
secondary
#F6E7D5
accent
#7E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#78B2F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva