#78A3DD#78A3DD

#78A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A3DD
RGB	rgb(120, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 0.83, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 33.92, 271.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0234 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.098 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8897, 35.4057, 73.4408)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A3DD #DDB278

analogous

#78D6DD #78A3DD #8078DD

triadic

#78A3DD #DD78A3 #A3DD78

tetradic

#78A3DD #DD78D6 #DDB278 #78DD80

square

#78A3DD #DD78D6 #DDB278 #78DD80

split-complementary

#78A3DD #DD8078 #D6DD78

monochromatic

#2C64AF #4782D1 #78A3DD #A9C4E9 #DAE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#78A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#78A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A3DD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A3DD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bee7',
    500: '#78a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a3dd;
$custom-light: #a3bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.455,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A3DD

secondary

#E9DBC8

accent

#7F1EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A3DD

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

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