#78AAEE#78AAEE

#78AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAEE
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 1.84, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 39.19, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0267 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.113 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5478, 38.9129, 86.4047)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAEE #EEBC78

analogous

#78E5EE #78AAEE #8178EE

triadic

#78AAEE #EE78AA #AAEE78

tetradic

#78AAEE #EE78E5 #EEBC78 #78EE81

square

#78AAEE #EE78E5 #EEBC78 #78EE81

split-complementary

#78AAEE #EE8178 #E5EE78

monochromatic

#1A68D1 #4288E7 #78AAEE #AECCF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#78AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAEE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAEE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f4',
    500: '#78aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaee;
$custom-light: #a5c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#820CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAEE

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

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