#78B4E8#78B4E8

#78B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E8
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -5.44, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 32.46, 260.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0402 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.098 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6274, 42.4590, 82.4882)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E8 #E8AC78

analogous

#78E8E4 #78B4E8 #787CE8

triadic

#78B4E8 #E878B4 #B4E878

tetradic

#78B4E8 #E478E8 #E8AC78 #7CE878

square

#78B4E8 #E478E8 #E8AC78 #7CE878

split-complementary

#78B4E8 #E8787C #E8E478

monochromatic

#2179C4 #4497DF #78B4E8 #ACD1F1 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#78B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caef',
    500: '#78b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e8;
$custom-light: #a5caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E8

secondary

#EEDDCD

accent

#6C13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E8

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

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