#78B4EA#78B4EA

#78B4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4EA
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -4.87, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 33.33, 261.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0395 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.1 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9131, 42.5732, 83.9929)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4EA #EAAE78

analogous

#78EAE7 #78B4EA #787BEA

triadic

#78B4EA #EA78B4 #B4EA78

tetradic

#78B4EA #E778EA #EAAE78 #7BEA78

square

#78B4EA #E778EA #EAAE78 #7BEA78

split-complementary

#78B4EA #EA787B #EAE778

monochromatic

#1F78C8 #4397E2 #78B4EA #ADD1F2 #E2EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#78B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#78B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4EA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4EA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caf1',
    500: '#78b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4ea;
$custom-light: #a5caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74988,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4EA

secondary

#EFDECE

accent

#6E10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4EA

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

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