#78A8DC#78A8DC

#78A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A8DC
RGB	rgb(120, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -2.25, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 31.37, 265.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0298 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.092 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6623, 37.1633, 73.0430)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A8DC #DCAC78

analogous

#78DADC #78A8DC #7A78DC

triadic

#78A8DC #DC78A8 #A8DC78

tetradic

#78A8DC #DC78DA #DCAC78 #78DC7A

square

#78A8DC #DC78DA #DCAC78 #78DC7A

split-complementary

#78A8DC #DC7A78 #DADC78

monochromatic

#2D6AAD #4789CF #78A8DC #A9C7E9 #D9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#78A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#78A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A8DC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A8DC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1e7',
    500: '#78a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a8dc;
$custom-light: #a3c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71763,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A8DC

secondary

#E8D9C8

accent

#761FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A8DC

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

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