#78A5DD#78A5DD

#78A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.096 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A5DD
RGB	rgb(120, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -0.29, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 33.06, 269.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0259 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.096 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2476, 36.1216, 73.5601)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A5DD #DDB078

analogous

#78D8DD #78A5DD #7E78DD

triadic

#78A5DD #DD78A5 #A5DD78

tetradic

#78A5DD #DD78D8 #DDB078 #78DD7E

square

#78A5DD #DD78D8 #DDB078 #78DD7E

split-complementary

#78A5DD #DD7E78 #D8DD78

monochromatic

#2C66AF #4784D1 #78A5DD #A9C6E9 #DAE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#78A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#78A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A5DD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A5DD	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.096 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bfe7',
    500: '#78a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a5dd;
$custom-light: #a3bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.267,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A5DD

secondary

#E9DAC8

accent

#7C1EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A5DD

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

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