#78B3D4#78B3D4

#78B3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.078 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3D4
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 212)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -10.49, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 24.96, 245.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0459 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.078 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7454, 40.9843, 68.3018)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3D4 #D49978

analogous

#78D4C7 #78B3D4 #7885D4

triadic

#78B3D4 #D478B3 #B3D478

tetradic

#78B3D4 #C778D4 #D49978 #85D478

square

#78B3D4 #C778D4 #D49978 #85D478

split-complementary

#78B3D4 #D47885 #D4C778

monochromatic

#33789F #4A99C5 #78B3D4 #A6CDE3 #D5E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78B3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#78B3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3D4

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3D4	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.078 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9e1',
    500: '#78b3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3d4;
$custom-light: #a3c9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.522,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3D4

secondary

#E3CFC4

accent

#5D26BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3D4

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

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