#78B5EA#78B5EA

#78B5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B5EA
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -5.42, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 32.99, 260.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0407 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.099 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1157, 42.9784, 84.0604)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B5EA #EAAD78

analogous

#78EAE6 #78B5EA #787CEA

triadic

#78B5EA #EA78B5 #B5EA78

tetradic

#78B5EA #E678EA #EAAD78 #7CEA78

square

#78B5EA #E678EA #EAAD78 #7CEA78

split-complementary

#78B5EA #EA787C #EAE678

monochromatic

#1F7AC8 #4398E2 #78B5EA #ADD2F2 #E2EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#78B5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#78B5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5EA

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B5EA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cbf1',
    500: '#78b5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b5ea;
$custom-light: #a5cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.895,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B5EA

secondary

#EFDECE

accent

#6C10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B5EA

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

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