#78B4E9#78B4E9

#78B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4E9
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -5.16, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 32.89, 260.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0399 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.099 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7698, 42.5159, 83.2384)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4E9 #E9AD78

analogous

#78E9E6 #78B4E9 #787CE9

triadic

#78B4E9 #E978B4 #B4E978

tetradic

#78B4E9 #E678E9 #E9AD78 #7CE978

square

#78B4E9 #E678E9 #E9AD78 #7CE978

split-complementary

#78B4E9 #E9787C #E9E678

monochromatic

#2078C6 #4397E0 #78B4E9 #ADD1F2 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#78B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4E9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4E9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caf0',
    500: '#78b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4e9;
$custom-light: #a5caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.142,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4E9

secondary

#EFDDCE

accent

#6D11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4E9

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

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