#78B8ED#78B8ED

#78B8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.101 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B8ED
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -6.19, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 33.29, 259.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0432 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.101 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1669, 44.3854, 86.5550)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B8ED #EDAD78

analogous

#78EDE7 #78B8ED #787EED

triadic

#78B8ED #ED78B8 #B8ED78

tetradic

#78B8ED #E778ED #EDAD78 #7EED78

square

#78B8ED #E778ED #EDAD78 #7EED78

split-complementary

#78B8ED #ED787E #EDE778

monochromatic

#1C7ECF #429CE6 #78B8ED #AED4F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78B8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#78B8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B8ED

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B8ED	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.101 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cdf3',
    500: '#78b8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b8ed;
$custom-light: #a5cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.179,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B8ED

secondary

#F1DFD0

accent

#690DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B8ED

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

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