#78AAEA#78AAEA

#78AAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAEA
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 0.67, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 37.23, 271.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0279 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.108 255)
XYZ	xyz(36.9667, 38.6804, 83.3441)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAEA #EAB878

analogous

#78E3EA #78AAEA #7F78EA

triadic

#78AAEA #EA78AA #AAEA78

tetradic

#78AAEA #EA78E3 #EAB878 #78EA7F

square

#78AAEA #EA78E3 #EAB878 #78EA7F

split-complementary

#78AAEA #EA7F78 #E3EA78

monochromatic

#1F69C8 #4389E2 #78AAEA #ADCBF2 #E2EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#78AAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAEA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAEA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f1',
    500: '#78aaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaea;
$custom-light: #a5c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAEA

secondary

#EFE1CE

accent

#7F10D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAEA

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

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