#78B6F8#78B6F8

#78B6F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B6F8
RGB	rgb(120, 182, 248)
HSL	hsl(211, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -1.89, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 38.88, 267.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0375 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.115 251)
XYZ	xyz(41.4110, 44.2231, 95.1424)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B6F8 #F8BA78

analogous

#78F6F8 #78B6F8 #7A78F8

triadic

#78B6F8 #F878B6 #B6F878

tetradic

#78B6F8 #F878F6 #F8BA78 #78F87A

square

#78B6F8 #F878F6 #F8BA78 #78F87A

split-complementary

#78B6F8 #F87A78 #F6F878

monochromatic

#0C77E9 #3E97F5 #78B6F8 #B2D5FB #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78B6F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#78B6F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B6F8

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B6F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B6F8	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB9FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b6f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 182, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cbfb',
    500: '#78b6f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b6f8;
$custom-light: #a6cbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b6f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.938,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7605,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.44226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B6F8

secondary

#F6E6D5

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B6F8

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

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