#78B3EB#78B3EB

#78B3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3EB
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.03, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 34.12, 263.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0381 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.102 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8560, 42.2286, 84.6845)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3EB #EBB078

analogous

#78EBE9 #78B3EB #787AEB

triadic

#78B3EB #EB78B3 #B3EB78

tetradic

#78B3EB #E978EB #EBB078 #7AEB78

square

#78B3EB #E978EB #EBB078 #7AEB78

split-complementary

#78B3EB #EB787A #EBE978

monochromatic

#1E77CB #4395E3 #78B3EB #ADD1F3 #E3EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78B3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#78B3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3EB

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3EB	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c9f1',
    500: '#78b3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3eb;
$custom-light: #a5c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.217,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3EB

secondary

#F0DFCF

accent

#700FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3EB

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

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