#78AAED#78AAED

#78AAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAED
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 1.55, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 38.70, 272.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.027 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.112 256)
XYZ	xyz(37.4013, 38.8543, 85.6331)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAED #EDBB78

analogous

#78E5ED #78AAED #8078ED

triadic

#78AAED #ED78AA #AAED78

tetradic

#78AAED #ED78E5 #EDBB78 #78ED80

square

#78AAED #ED78E5 #EDBB78 #78ED80

split-complementary

#78AAED #ED8078 #E5ED78

monochromatic

#1C68CF #4288E6 #78AAED #AECCF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#78AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAED

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAED	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f3',
    500: '#78aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaed;
$custom-light: #a5c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.359,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.38857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAED

secondary

#F1E3D0

accent

#820DD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAED

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

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