#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
RGB	rgb(120, 184, 248)
HSL	hsl(210, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -2.99, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 38.10, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0397 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.114 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8235, 45.0481, 95.2799)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##78B8F8	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #78B8F8

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

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