#78AAE3#78AAE3

#78AAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAE3
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -1.36, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 33.87, 267.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.03 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.099 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9809, 38.2861, 78.1521)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAE3 #E3B178

analogous

#78DFE3 #78AAE3 #7B78E3

triadic

#78AAE3 #E378AA #AAE378

tetradic

#78AAE3 #E378DF #E3B178 #78E37B

square

#78AAE3 #E378DF #E3B178 #78E37B

split-complementary

#78AAE3 #E37B78 #DFE378

monochromatic

#276BBA #458AD8 #78AAE3 #ABCAEE #DDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#78AAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#78AAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAE3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAE3	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ec',
    500: '#78aae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aae3;
$custom-light: #a4c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.963,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAE3

secondary

#ECDCCB

accent

#7918CD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAE3

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

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