#78AAEB#78AAEB

#78AAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAEB
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 0.96, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 37.72, 271.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0276 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.109 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1108, 38.7380, 84.1028)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAEB #EBB978

analogous

#78E4EB #78AAEB #8078EB

triadic

#78AAEB #EB78AA #AAEB78

tetradic

#78AAEB #EB78E4 #EBB978 #78EB80

square

#78AAEB #EB78E4 #EBB978 #78EB80

split-complementary

#78AAEB #EB8078 #E4EB78

monochromatic

#1E69CB #4388E3 #78AAEB #ADCCF3 #E3EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#78AAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAEB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAEB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 255.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAEB

secondary

#F0E2CF

accent

#800FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAEB

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

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