#78AADE#78AADE

#78AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AADE
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -2.80, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 31.54, 264.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0316 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.093 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3008, 38.0141, 74.5704)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AADE #DEAC78

analogous

#78DDDE #78AADE #7978DE

triadic

#78AADE #DE78AA #AADE78

tetradic

#78AADE #DE78DD #DEAC78 #78DE79

square

#78AADE #DE78DD #DEAC78 #78DE79

split-complementary

#78AADE #DE7978 #DDDE78

monochromatic

#2B6CB0 #478BD2 #78AADE #A9C9EA #DAE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#78AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#78AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AADE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AADE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3e8',
    500: '#78aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aade;
$custom-light: #a4c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AADE

secondary

#E9D9C9

accent

#741DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AADE

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

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