#78B4F8#78B4F8

#78B4F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4F8
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 248)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -0.78, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 39.69, 268.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0352 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.117 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0044, 43.4097, 95.0069)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4F8 #F8BC78

analogous

#78F4F8 #78B4F8 #7C78F8

triadic

#78B4F8 #F878B4 #B4F878

tetradic

#78B4F8 #F878F4 #F8BC78 #78F87C

square

#78B4F8 #F878F4 #F8BC78 #78F87C

split-complementary

#78B4F8 #F87C78 #F4F878

monochromatic

#0C74E9 #3E94F5 #78B4F8 #B2D4FB #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#78B4F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#78B4F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4F8

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4F8	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cafb',
    500: '#78b4f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4f8;
$custom-light: #a6cafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4F8

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4F8

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

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