#78B9FA#78B9FA

#78B9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B9FA
RGB	rgb(120, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(210, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -2.95, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 38.62, 265.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0403 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.115 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3439, 45.5898, 96.9923)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B9FA #FAB978

analogous

#78FAFA #78B9FA #7878FA

triadic

#78B9FA #FA78B9 #B9FA78

tetradic

#78B9FA #FA78FA #FAB978 #78FA78

square

#78B9FA #FA78FA #FAB978 #78FA78

split-complementary

#78B9FA #FA7878 #FAFA78

monochromatic

#097CEF #3D9AF8 #78B9FA #B3D8FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#78B9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#78B9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B9FA

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B9FA	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBBFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cdfc',
    500: '#78b9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b9fa;
$custom-light: #a6cdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B9FA

secondary

#F6E6D5

accent

#7300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B9FA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →