#78B8EA#78B8EA

#78B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B8EA
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -7.05, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 32.05, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0442 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.098 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7323, 44.2116, 84.2659)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B8EA #EAAA78

analogous

#78EAE3 #78B8EA #787FEA

triadic

#78B8EA #EA78B8 #B8EA78

tetradic

#78B8EA #E378EA #EAAA78 #7FEA78

square

#78B8EA #E378EA #EAAA78 #7FEA78

split-complementary

#78B8EA #EA787F #EAE378

monochromatic

#1F7EC8 #439CE2 #78B8EA #ADD4F2 #E2F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#78B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B8EA

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B8EA	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cdf1',
    500: '#78b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b8ea;
$custom-light: #a5cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B8EA

secondary

#EFDDCE

accent

#6710D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B8EA

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

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