#78B4F5#78B4F5

#78B4F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4F5
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 245)
HSL	hsl(211, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 26.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -1.67, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 38.29, 267.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0361 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.113 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5427, 43.2251, 92.5753)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4F5 #F5B978

analogous

#78F3F5 #78B4F5 #7B78F5

triadic

#78B4F5 #F578B4 #B4F578

tetradic

#78B4F5 #F578F3 #F5B978 #78F57B

square

#78B4F5 #F578F3 #F5B978 #78F57B

split-complementary

#78B4F5 #F57B78 #F3F578

monochromatic

#1175E2 #3F94F1 #78B4F5 #B1D4F9 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#78B4F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#78B4F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4F5

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4F5	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB7F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6caf8',
    500: '#78b4f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4f5;
$custom-light: #a6caf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4F5

secondary

#F4E5D4

accent

#7703E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4F5

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

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