#78BAF8#78BAF8

#78BAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BAF8
RGBrgb(120, 186, 248)
HSLhsl(209, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(209, 52%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.6%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.47, -4.08, -37.13)
CIE-LCHlch(73.47, 37.35, 263.73°)
OKLaboklab(76.91% -0.042 -0.1039)
OKLCHoklch(76.91% 0.112 248)
XYZxyz(42.2419, 45.8849, 95.4194)
Luminance0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BAF8 #F8B678
analogous
#78F8F6 #78BAF8 #787AF8
triadic
#78BAF8 #F878BA #BAF878
tetradic
#78BAF8 #F678F8 #F8B678 #7AF878
square
#78BAF8 #F678F8 #F8B678 #7AF878
split-complementary
#78BAF8 #F8787A #F8F678
monochromatic
#0C7EE9 #3E9CF5 #78BAF8 #B2D8FB #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#78BAF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18
#78BAF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BAF8
10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BAF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BAF81.002.0610.1810.18
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1821.001.001.00
##00000010.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0BCFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90AFF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31C9CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78baf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 186, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 248.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cefa',
    500: '#78baf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78baf8;
$custom-light: #a6cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78baf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.063,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.45888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BAF8
secondary
#F6E5D5
accent
#6F00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#78BAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva