#78AAEC#78AAEC

#78AAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAEC
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 1.25, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 38.21, 271.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0273 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.11 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2556, 38.7960, 84.8658)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAEC #ECBA78

analogous

#78E4EC #78AAEC #8078EC

triadic

#78AAEC #EC78AA #AAEC78

tetradic

#78AAEC #EC78E4 #ECBA78 #78EC80

square

#78AAEC #EC78E4 #ECBA78 #78EC80

split-complementary

#78AAEC #EC8078 #E4EC78

monochromatic

#1D69CD #4288E4 #78AAEC #AECCF4 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#78AAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAEC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAEC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f2',
    500: '#78aaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaec;
$custom-light: #a5c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAEC

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#810ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAEC

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

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