#78B8F8#78B8F8

#78B8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78B8F8
RGBrgb(120, 184, 248)
HSLhsl(210, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(210, 52%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.92, -2.99, -37.98)
CIE-LCHlch(72.92, 38.10, 265.50°)
OKLaboklab(76.48% -0.0397 -0.1064)
OKLCHoklch(76.48% 0.114 249.5)
XYZxyz(41.8235, 45.0481, 95.2799)
Luminance0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78B8F8 #F8B878
analogous
#78F8F8 #78B8F8 #7878F8
triadic
#78B8F8 #F878B8 #B8F878
tetradic
#78B8F8 #F878F8 #F8B878 #78F878
square
#78B8F8 #F878F8 #F8B878 #78F878
split-complementary
#78B8F8 #F87878 #F8F878
monochromatic
#0C7BE9 #3E99F5 #78B8F8 #B2D7FB #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#78B8F8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01
#78B8F8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B8F8
10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78B8F8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78B8F81.002.1010.0110.01
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0121.001.001.00
##00000010.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EBAFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DADF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31C7CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78b8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 184, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 249.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cdfa',
    500: '#78b8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78b8f8;
$custom-light: #a6cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78b8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78B8F8
secondary
#F6E6D5
accent
#7300E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#78B8F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva