#78B2FE#78B2FE

#78B2FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2FE
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 254)
HSL	hsl(214, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 2.12, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 43.42, 272.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0313 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.126 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5493, 42.9864, 99.8544)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2FE #FEC478

analogous

#78F5FE #78B2FE #8178FE

triadic

#78B2FE #FE78B2 #B2FE78

tetradic

#78B2FE #FE78F5 #FEC478 #78FE81

square

#78B2FE #FE78F5 #FEC478 #78FE81

split-complementary

#78B2FE #FE8178 #F5FE78

monochromatic

#026DFA #3B8FFE #78B2FE #B5D5FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78B2FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#78B2FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2FE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2FE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c8ff',
    500: '#78b2fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2fe;
$custom-light: #a7c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.03,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2FE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2FE

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

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