#78B4E6#78B4E6

#78B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.096 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E6
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -6.02, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 31.61, 259.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0408 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.096 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3449, 42.3460, 81.0006)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E6 #E6AA78

analogous

#78E6E1 #78B4E6 #787DE6

triadic

#78B4E6 #E678B4 #B4E678

tetradic

#78B4E6 #E178E6 #E6AA78 #7DE678

square

#78B4E6 #E178E6 #E6AA78 #7DE678

split-complementary

#78B4E6 #E6787D #E6E178

monochromatic

#2479C0 #4497DC #78B4E6 #ACD1F0 #DFEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#78B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E6	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.096 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4caee',
    500: '#78b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e6;
$custom-light: #a4caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E6

secondary

#EDDBCC

accent

#6A15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E6

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

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