#78A8EA#78A8EA

#78A8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A8EA
RGB	rgb(120, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 1.79, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 38.12, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0255 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.11 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5946, 37.9363, 83.2200)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A8EA #EABA78

analogous

#78E1EA #78A8EA #8178EA

triadic

#78A8EA #EA78A8 #A8EA78

tetradic

#78A8EA #EA78E1 #EABA78 #78EA81

square

#78A8EA #EA78E1 #EABA78 #78EA81

split-complementary

#78A8EA #EA8178 #E1EA78

monochromatic

#1F66C8 #4386E2 #78A8EA #ADCAF2 #E2ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#78A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#78A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A8EA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A8EA	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c1f1',
    500: '#78a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a8ea;
$custom-light: #a5c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A8EA

secondary

#EFE1CE

accent

#8210D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A8EA

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

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