#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
RGBrgb(120, 180, 254)
HSLhsl(213, 99%, 73%)
HSVhsv(213, 53%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.09, 1.00, -42.52)
CIE-LCHlch(72.09, 42.54, 271.35°)
OKLaboklab(75.91% -0.0335 -0.1195)
OKLCHoklch(75.91% 0.124 254.3)
XYZxyz(41.9502, 43.7881, 99.9880)
Luminance0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##78B4FE1.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

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

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#78B4FE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva