#78B4FE#78B4FE

#78B4FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B4FE
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 254)
HSL	hsl(213, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 1.00, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 42.54, 271.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0335 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.124 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9502, 43.7881, 99.9880)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B4FE #FEC278

analogous

#78F7FE #78B4FE #7F78FE

triadic

#78B4FE #FE78B4 #B4FE78

tetradic

#78B4FE #FE78F7 #FEC278 #78FE7F

square

#78B4FE #FE78F7 #FEC278 #78FE7F

split-complementary

#78B4FE #FE7F78 #F7FE78

monochromatic

#0271FA #3B92FE #78B4FE #B5D6FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78B4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#78B4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B4FE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B4FE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85ABFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7caff',
    500: '#78b4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b4fe;
$custom-light: #a7caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.134,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75905,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B4FE

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B4FE

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

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