#78B5F2#78B5F2

#78B5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78B5F2
RGBrgb(120, 181, 242)
HSLhsl(210, 82%, 71%)
HSVhsv(210, 50%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.86, -3.10, -36.39)
CIE-LCHlch(71.86, 36.52, 265.13°)
OKLaboklab(75.56% -0.0382 -0.1018)
OKLCHoklch(75.56% 0.109 249.4)
XYZxyz(40.2910, 43.4486, 90.2504)
Luminance0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78B5F2 #F2B578
analogous
#78F2F2 #78B5F2 #7878F2
triadic
#78B5F2 #F278B5 #B5F278
tetradic
#78B5F2 #F278F2 #F2B578 #78F278
square
#78B5F2 #F278F2 #F2B578 #78F278
split-complementary
#78B5F2 #F27878 #F2F278
monochromatic
#1578DB #4096ED #78B5F2 #B0D4F7 #E3F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#78B5F2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69
#78B5F2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5F2
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78B5F2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78B5F21.002.179.699.69
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6921.001.001.00
##0000009.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB7F5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CABF1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#39C3CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78b5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 249.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cbf6',
    500: '#78b5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78b5f2;
$custom-light: #a5cbf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78b5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78B5F2
secondary
#F3E3D3
accent
#7307DF
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FE
border
#CED1D6
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#78B5F2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva