#78B4E4#78B4E4

#78B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.093 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E4
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -6.58, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 30.77, 257.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0415 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.093 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0657, 42.2343, 79.5299)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E4 #E4A878

analogous

#78E4DE #78B4E4 #787EE4

triadic

#78B4E4 #E478B4 #B4E478

tetradic

#78B4E4 #DE78E4 #E4A878 #7EE478

square

#78B4E4 #DE78E4 #E4A878 #7EE478

split-complementary

#78B4E4 #E4787E #E4DE78

monochromatic

#2679BC #4598DA #78B4E4 #ABD0EE #DEEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#78B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E4	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)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.093 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4caec',
    500: '#78b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e4;
$custom-light: #a4caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E4

secondary

#ECDACC

accent

#6917CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →