#78A2DA#78A2DA

#78A2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.095 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2DA
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 218)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 25.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 0.54, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 32.87, 270.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0231 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.095 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3168, 34.8936, 71.2956)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2DA #DAB078

analogous

#78D3DA #78A2DA #7F78DA

triadic

#78A2DA #DA78A2 #A2DA78

tetradic

#78A2DA #DA78D3 #DAB078 #78DA7F

square

#78A2DA #DA78D3 #DAB078 #78DA7F

split-complementary

#78A2DA #DA7F78 #D3DA78

monochromatic

#2E63A9 #4881CD #78A2DA #A8C3E7 #D8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#78A2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#78A2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2DA

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2DA	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.095 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bde5',
    500: '#78a2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2da;
$custom-light: #a3bde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2DA

secondary

#E7D9C7

accent

#7E21C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2DA

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

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