#78B4E5#78B4E5

#78B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.094 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E5
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -6.30, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 31.19, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0412 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.094 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2049, 42.2900, 80.2631)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E5 #E5A978

analogous

#78E5DF #78B4E5 #787DE5

triadic

#78B4E5 #E578B4 #B4E578

tetradic

#78B4E5 #DF78E5 #E5A978 #7DE578

square

#78B4E5 #DF78E5 #E5A978 #7DE578

split-complementary

#78B4E5 #E5787D #E5DF78

monochromatic

#2579BE #4597DB #78B4E5 #ABD1EF #DFEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#78B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.094 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4caed',
    500: '#78b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e5;
$custom-light: #a4caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E5

secondary

#EDDBCC

accent

#6916D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E5

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

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