#78A4E1#78A4E1

#78A4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A4E1
RGB	rgb(120, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 47%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 1.42, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 35.46, 272.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0234 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.102 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6073, 35.9779, 76.3404)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A4E1 #E1B578

analogous

#78D8E1 #78A4E1 #8078E1

triadic

#78A4E1 #E178A4 #A4E178

tetradic

#78A4E1 #E178D8 #E1B578 #78E180

square

#78A4E1 #E178D8 #E1B578 #78E180

split-complementary

#78A4E1 #E18078 #D8E178

monochromatic

#2864B6 #4682D6 #78A4E1 #AAC6EC #DCE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#78A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#78A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A4E1

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A4E1	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beea',
    500: '#78a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a4e1;
$custom-light: #a4beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A4E1

secondary

#EBDDCA

accent

#811ACB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A4E1

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

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