#78AAEF#78AAEF

#78AAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAEF
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 2.14, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 39.69, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0264 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.114 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6951, 38.9718, 87.1806)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAEF #EFBD78

analogous

#78E5EF #78AAEF #8178EF

triadic

#78AAEF #EF78AA #AAEF78

tetradic

#78AAEF #EF78E5 #EFBD78 #78EF81

square

#78AAEF #EF78E5 #EFBD78 #78EF81

split-complementary

#78AAEF #EF8178 #E5EF78

monochromatic

#1967D4 #4188E9 #78AAEF #AFCCF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#78AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAEF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAEF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 256.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.79,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAEF

secondary

#F2E4D1

accent

#830ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAEF

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

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