#78AAE2#78AAE2

#78AAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAE2
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -1.65, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 33.40, 267.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0303 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.098 252)
XYZ	xyz(35.8433, 38.2311, 77.4273)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAE2 #E2B078

analogous

#78DFE2 #78AAE2 #7B78E2

triadic

#78AAE2 #E278AA #AAE278

tetradic

#78AAE2 #E278DF #E2B078 #78E27B

square

#78AAE2 #E278DF #E2B078 #78E27B

split-complementary

#78AAE2 #E27B78 #DFE278

monochromatic

#286CB8 #468AD7 #78AAE2 #AACAED #DDE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#78AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#78AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAE2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAE2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3eb',
    500: '#78aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aae2;
$custom-light: #a4c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.698,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAE2

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#7819CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAE2

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

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