#78B4E7#78B4E7

#78B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.097 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E7
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -5.73, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 32.03, 259.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0405 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.097 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4858, 42.4023, 81.7422)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E7 #E7AB78

analogous

#78E7E3 #78B4E7 #787DE7

triadic

#78B4E7 #E778B4 #B4E778

tetradic

#78B4E7 #E378E7 #E7AB78 #7DE778

square

#78B4E7 #E378E7 #E7AB78 #7DE778

split-complementary

#78B4E7 #E7787D #E7E378

monochromatic

#2379C2 #4497DE #78B4E7 #ACD1F0 #E0EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#78B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E7

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E7	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.097 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4caee',
    500: '#78b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e7;
$custom-light: #a4caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E7

secondary

#EEDCCD

accent

#6B14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E7

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

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