#78B5F5#78B5F5

#78B5F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B5F5
RGB	rgb(120, 181, 245)
HSL	hsl(211, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 26.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -2.22, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 37.89, 266.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0373 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.112 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7453, 43.6303, 92.6429)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B5F5 #F5B878

analogous

#78F4F5 #78B5F5 #7A78F5

triadic

#78B5F5 #F578B5 #B5F578

tetradic

#78B5F5 #F578F4 #F5B878 #78F57A

square

#78B5F5 #F578F4 #F5B878 #78F57A

split-complementary

#78B5F5 #F57A78 #F4F578

monochromatic

#1177E2 #3F96F1 #78B5F5 #B1D4F9 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#78B5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#78B5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B5F5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B5F5	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB7F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 181, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cbf8',
    500: '#78b5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b5f5;
$custom-light: #a6cbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.72,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B5F5

secondary

#F4E5D4

accent

#7503E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B5F5

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

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