#78B3DA#78B3DA

#78B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.083 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3DA
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -8.85, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 27.09, 250.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0437 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.083 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5163, 41.2927, 72.3621)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3DA #DA9F78

analogous

#78DAD0 #78B3DA #7882DA

triadic

#78B3DA #DA78B3 #B3DA78

tetradic

#78B3DA #D078DA #DA9F78 #82DA78

square

#78B3DA #D078DA #DA9F78 #82DA78

split-complementary

#78B3DA #DA7882 #DAD078

monochromatic

#2E78A9 #4898CD #78B3DA #A8CEE7 #D8E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#78B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#78B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3DA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3DA	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.083 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9e5',
    500: '#78b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3da;
$custom-light: #a3c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.878,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74089,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3DA

secondary

#E7D4C7

accent

#6221C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3DA

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

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