#78B3F8#78B3F8

#78B3F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B3F8
RGB	rgb(120, 179, 248)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -0.23, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 40.11, 269.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0341 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.118 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8032, 43.0074, 94.9398)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B3F8 #F8BD78

analogous

#78F3F8 #78B3F8 #7D78F8

triadic

#78B3F8 #F878B3 #B3F878

tetradic

#78B3F8 #F878F3 #F8BD78 #78F87D

square

#78B3F8 #F878F3 #F8BD78 #78F87D

split-complementary

#78B3F8 #F87D78 #F3F878

monochromatic

#0C72E9 #3E92F5 #78B3F8 #B2D4FB #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78B3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#78B3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B3F8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B3F8	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)

#97B6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 179, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c9fb',
    500: '#78b3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b3f8;
$custom-light: #a6c9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.344,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B3F8

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B3F8

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

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