#78B2FF#78B2FF

#78B2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2FF
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 2.42, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 43.91, 273.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.031 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.127 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7099, 43.0506, 100.7000)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2FF #FFC578

analogous

#78F6FF #78B2FF #8178FF

triadic

#78B2FF #FF78B2 #B2FF78

tetradic

#78B2FF #FF78F6 #FFC578 #78FF81

square

#78B2FF #FF78F6 #FFC578 #78FF81

split-complementary

#78B2FF #FF8178 #F6FF78

monochromatic

#006DFD #3B8FFF #78B2FF #B5D5FF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78B2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#78B2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2FF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2FF	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82AAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c8ff',
    500: '#78b2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2ff;
$custom-light: #a7c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2FF

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2FF

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

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