#78B5DA#78B5DA

#78B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.083 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B5DA
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -9.92, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 26.66, 248.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0461 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.083 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9201, 42.1002, 72.4967)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B5DA #DA9D78

analogous

#78DACE #78B5DA #7884DA

triadic

#78B5DA #DA78B5 #B5DA78

tetradic

#78B5DA #CE78DA #DA9D78 #84DA78

square

#78B5DA #CE78DA #DA9D78 #84DA78

split-complementary

#78B5DA #DA7884 #DACE78

monochromatic

#2E7BA9 #489BCD #78B5DA #A8CFE7 #D8EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#78B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#78B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5DA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B5DA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.083 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbe5',
    500: '#78b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b5da;
$custom-light: #a3cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B5DA

secondary

#E7D3C7

accent

#5F21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B5DA

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

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